diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index 8ba6b6669014c71efbdafe9aa4cbd38c077f9475..5a58aeafe4d3af7f4fd3e3c35109e92f4671011a 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 name: pystencils
 dependencies:
   # Basic dependencies:
-  - python >= 3.6
+  - python >= 3.8
   - numpy
   - sympy >= 1.1
   - appdirs # to find default cache directory on each platform
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index d71558e761fed974ab855d23eb5817fdcbbaf9c3..2efbf0ebe4cd66bf5a6e1cc36c65daa0186df854 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ nbsphinx_execute = 'never'
 nbsphinx_codecell_lexer = 'python3'
 
 # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
-intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3.6', None),
+intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3.8', None),
                        'numpy': ('https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/', None),
                        'matplotlib': ('https://matplotlib.org/', None),
                        'sympy': ('https://docs.sympy.org/latest/', None),
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 94df6ce804cf860bbde4cdc6f96595ed3e750aac..29fdc206ccc98aab840349c8e3311296bca8daac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -134,6 +134,6 @@ setuptools.setup(name='pystencils',
                                 'ipython',
                                 'randomgen>=1.18'],
 
-                 python_requires=">=3.6",
+                 python_requires=">=3.8",
                  cmdclass=get_cmdclass()
                  )