diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0a3270c084513fe0155186bce909dca9e3af0b21..e88c47b7f37ee34b7dc5d118fab60b1a1547cf28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
             uses: actions/setup-python@v4
             with:
                 # matches compat target in setup.py
-                python-version: '3.6'
+                python-version: '3.8'
         -   name: "Main Script"
             run: |
                 curl -L -O https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/main/prepare-and-run-flake8.sh
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19ca094fc5dfff531d95b574bb6e5898c2c3757e..f221ea8877be94ce6d4ebbd47940f05a4ba636d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ setup(
     author_email="inform@tiker.net",
     license="MIT",
     packages=["sumpy", "sumpy.expansion"],
-    python_requires="~=3.6",
+    python_requires="~=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "pytools>=2021.1.1",
         "loopy>=2021.1",