diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
index bb6bd161..7d3059db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.6
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a82eeee7..8722a81f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@v2
       with:
         node-version: ${{ steps.node.outputs.version }}
-    - name: Set up Python 3.6
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/darglint.yml b/.github/workflows/darglint.yml
index 31443112..36a2fbed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/darglint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/darglint.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: Set up Python 3.6
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Run Tests
       run: |
         bash scripts/ci_darglint.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/etherscan.yml b/.github/workflows/etherscan.yml
index bd5d88d0..a65b5754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/etherscan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/etherscan.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo 'C:\msys64\mingw64\bin' >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
         echo 'C:\msys64\usr\bin' >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-    - name: Set up Python 3.6
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
index 6109eac7..2fc65a16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.6
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
index d271f756..32ee3bd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.6
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index 6b4437e1..f4028291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.6
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.6
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/crytic_compile/platform/brownie.py b/crytic_compile/platform/brownie.py
index e1992ff8..b779299b 100755
--- a/crytic_compile/platform/brownie.py
+++ b/crytic_compile/platform/brownie.py
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ def _get_version(compiler: Dict) -> str:
         str: Compiler version
     """
     version = compiler.get("version", "")
-    version = version[len("Version: ") :]
-    version = version[0 : version.find("+")]
+    if "Version:" in version:
+        version = version.split("Version:")[1].strip()
+    version = version[0 : version.find("+")]  # TODO handle not "+" not found
     return version
 
 
diff --git a/crytic_compile/platform/solc_standard_json.py b/crytic_compile/platform/solc_standard_json.py
index 6c24320e..c5380130 100644
--- a/crytic_compile/platform/solc_standard_json.py
+++ b/crytic_compile/platform/solc_standard_json.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional, Union, Any
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ def run_solc_standard_json(
     Returns:
         Dict: Solc json output
     """
-    cmd = [compiler_version.compiler, "--standard-json", "--allow-paths", "."]
+    working_dir_resolved = Path(working_dir if working_dir else ".").resolve()
+    cmd = [compiler_version.compiler, "--standard-json", "--allow-paths", str(working_dir_resolved)]
     additional_kwargs: Dict = {"cwd": working_dir} if working_dir else {}
 
     env = dict(os.environ)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7d303d2..89638915 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ["py36"]
+target-version = ["py38"]
 line-length = 100
 [tool.pylint.messages_control]
 disable = """
diff --git a/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh b/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh
index 986605d5..f481a88c 100755
--- a/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ### Test dapp integration
 
+# work around having two python versions loading libraries from each other in CI
+OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+alias crytic-compile='LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH crytic-compile'
+unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
 DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 cd "$DIR" || exit 255
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e7e45a9b..68af0e41 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     author="Trail of Bits",
     version="0.2.4",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=["pysha3>=1.0.2", "cbor2"],
     license="AGPL-3.0",
     long_description=long_description,