diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dcabbf4..bb66b03 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ repos:
     rev: 19.3b0
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        language_version: python3.6
+        language_version: python3.9
         exclude_types: ['markdown', 'ini', 'toml', 'rst']
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 882bf4d..4a96a3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ We have open-sourced a set of software packages, Runtime Interface Clients (RIC)
   base images to be Lambda compatible.
 The Lambda Runtime Interface Client is a lightweight interface that allows your runtime to receive requests from and send requests to the Lambda service.
 
-The Lambda Python Runtime Interface Client is vended through [pip](https://pypi.org/project/awslambdaric). 
+The Lambda Python Runtime Interface Client is vended through [pip](https://pypi.org/project/awslambdaric).
 You can include this package in your preferred base image to make that base image Lambda compatible.
 
 ## Requirements
 The Python Runtime Interface Client package currently supports Python versions:
- - 3.7.x up to and including 3.13.x
+ - 3.9.x up to and including 3.13.x
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ def handler(event, context):
 
 ### Local Testing
 
-To make it easy to locally test Lambda functions packaged as container images we open-sourced a lightweight web-server, Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator (RIE), which allows your function packaged as a container image to accept HTTP requests. You can install the [AWS Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator](https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator) on your local machine to test your function. Then when you run the image function, you set the entrypoint to be the emulator. 
+To make it easy to locally test Lambda functions packaged as container images we open-sourced a lightweight web-server, Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator (RIE), which allows your function packaged as a container image to accept HTTP requests. You can install the [AWS Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator](https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator) on your local machine to test your function. Then when you run the image function, you set the entrypoint to be the emulator.
 
 *To install the emulator and test your Lambda function*
 
-1) From your project directory, run the following command to download the RIE from GitHub and install it on your local machine. 
+1) From your project directory, run the following command to download the RIE from GitHub and install it on your local machine.
 
 ```shell script
 mkdir -p ~/.aws-lambda-rie && \
     curl -Lo ~/.aws-lambda-rie/aws-lambda-rie https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator/releases/latest/download/aws-lambda-rie && \
     chmod +x ~/.aws-lambda-rie/aws-lambda-rie
 ```
-2) Run your Lambda image function using the docker run command. 
+2) Run your Lambda image function using the docker run command.
 
 ```shell script
 docker run -d -v ~/.aws-lambda-rie:/aws-lambda -p 9000:8080 \
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ docker run -d -v ~/.aws-lambda-rie:/aws-lambda -p 9000:8080 \
         /usr/local/bin/python -m awslambdaric app.handler
 ```
 
-This runs the image as a container and starts up an endpoint locally at `http://localhost:9000/2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations`. 
+This runs the image as a container and starts up an endpoint locally at `http://localhost:9000/2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations`.
 
-3) Post an event to the following endpoint using a curl command: 
+3) Post an event to the following endpoint using a curl command:
 
 ```shell script
 curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9000/2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations" -d '{}'
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ If you discover a potential security issue in this project we ask that you notif
 
 ## License
 
-This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
\ No newline at end of file
+This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
diff --git a/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md b/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md
index 567b1f9..5638b74 100644
--- a/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-### November 18, 2024
+### November 19, 2024
 `3.0.0`
+- Drop support for deprecated python versions ([#179](https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-python-runtime-interface-client/pull/179))
 - Add support for snapstart runtime hooks ([#176](https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-python-runtime-interface-client/pull/176))
 
 ### August 23, 2024
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dda16dc..2bf28ef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ def read_requirements(req="base.txt"):
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ def read_requirements(req="base.txt"):
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     ext_modules=get_runtime_client_extension(),
     test_suite="tests",
 )