diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 7d6100611..b3552d77c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       # for example if a test fails only when Cython is enabled
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
         use-cython: ["true", "false"]
     env:
       USE_CYTHON: ${{ matrix.use-cython }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ec67e1c1..dc196db80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Python Stream Processing Fork
 
-![python versions](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.6%20%7C%203.7%20%7C%203.8%20%7C%203.9%20%7C%203.10-blue)
+![python versions](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.7%20%7C%203.8%20%7C%203.9%20%7C%203.10-blue)
 ![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.8.10-green)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/faust-streaming/faust/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?token=QJFBYNN0JJ)](https://codecov.io/gh/faust-streaming/faust)
 [![slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-Faust-brightgreen.svg?logo=slack)](https://fauststream.slack.com/)