diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index eb03c4fc2..d2b23c1d0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ language: python
 
 matrix:
     include:
-        - python: 3.6
         - python: 3.7
         - python: 3.8
+        - python: 3.9
     allow_failures:
         - python: nightly
 env:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 968ad2ad6..82792c99c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def get_data_files():
     package_data    = package_data,
     data_files      = get_data_files(),
     cmdclass        = cmdclass,
-    python_requires = '>=3.6',
+    python_requires = '>=3.7',
     author          = 'Jupyter Development Team',
     author_email    = 'jupyter@googlegroups.com',
     url             = 'https://jupyter.org',