diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index e994df9d..2e0a4fd4 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >=3.6
+    - python >=3.9
     - pip
 
   run:
-    - python >=3.6
+    - python >=3.9
     - fair-research-login >=0.2.6,<0.3.0
     - globus-sdk >=3.0.0,<4.0.0
     - six
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 356bbdca..22201a95 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ exclude =
     venv
 
 [mypy]
-python_version = 3.7
+python_version = 3.9
 check_untyped_defs = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 warn_unused_ignores = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d60f7939..c17022e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     author_email="forsyth2@llnl.gov, golaz1@llnl.gov, shaheen2@llnl.gov",
     description="Long term HPSS archiving software for E3SM",
     packages=find_packages(include=["zstash", "zstash.*"]),
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["zstash=zstash.main:main"]},
 )