diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yaml b/.github/workflows/package.yaml
index 64a8b50..baddd71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.11"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -52,34 +52,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - name: Download wheels for Python3.7
+        if: ${{ '3.7' == matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: wheel-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          name: wheel-3.8
           path: dist/
 
-      - run: pip install --upgrade
-          pip
-          dist/clp_logging-*.whl
-          -r requirements-test.txt
-
-      - run: python -m unittest -fv
-
-  test-py36:
-    needs: [build]
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-20.04]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.6"
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - name: Download wheels for Built Python Versions
+        if: ${{ '3.7' != matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: wheel-3.8
+          name: wheel-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: dist/
 
       - run: pip install --upgrade
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df0cf0c..cccf26e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(clp_handler)
 
 ## Compatibility
 
-Tested on Python 3.6, 3.8, and 3.11 (should also work on newer versions).
+Tested on Python 3.7, 3.8, and 3.11 (should also work on newer versions).
 Built/packaged on Python 3.8 for convenience regarding type annotation.
 
 ## Development
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4485dd4..513e76d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "Logging/encoding/decoding using CLP's IR stream format"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
 dependencies = [
-    "clp-ffi-py >= 0.0.9",
+    "clp-ffi-py >= 0.0.11",
     "python-dateutil >= 2.7.0",
     "typing-extensions >= 3.7.4",
     "zstandard >= 0.18.0",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dev = [
     "types-python-dateutil >= 2.8.19.2",
 ]
 test = [
-    "smart_open >= 6.3.0",
+    "smart_open == 6.4.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]