diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 32091e8d..086eb6bb 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ docs = ["sphinx", "jaraco.packaging (>=3.2)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)"]
 testing = ["jaraco.itertools", "func-timeout"]
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "a8715faa37bb8dd9ef2599cb0efee0d8087ef89becba5c1b48270b97eec386fc"
-python-versions = ">=3.6.0, <3.9.0"
+content-hash = "732cea4e01a9eb12018d0000f63ccaf79bf40f3e38969d072ea15fb0f4c697b5"
+python-versions = ">=3.7.0, <3.9.0"
 
 [metadata.files]
 ansiwrap = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20699b52..4d43d73a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ homepage = "https://jrnl.sh"
 repository = "https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.6.0, <3.9.0"
+python = ">=3.7.0, <3.9.0"
 pyxdg = "^0.26.0"
 cryptography = "^3.0"
 passlib = "^1.7"