diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/test-upstream.yml
index bdd03dd61..77597d3c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-upstream.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 248e56773..0877a46a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Cache local Maven repository
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 9044b4c4c..582ddbeee 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 2
 
 python:
-  version: 3.7
+  version: 3.8
   install:
     - method: setuptools
       path: .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02dc2c206..44e97c65a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ If you want to have the newest (unreleased) `dask-sql` version or if you plan to
 
 Create a new conda environment and install the development environment:
 
-    conda env create -f continuous_integration/environment-3.8-jdk11-dev.yaml
+    conda env create -f continuous_integration/environment-3.9-jdk11-dev.yaml
 
 It is not recommended to use `pip` instead of `conda` for the environment setup.
 If you however need to, make sure to have Java (jdk >= 8) and maven installed and correctly setup before continuing.
-Have a look into `environment-3.8-jdk11-dev.yaml` for the rest of the development environment.
+Have a look into `environment-3.9-jdk11-dev.yaml` for the rest of the development environment.
 
 After that, you can install the package in development mode
 
diff --git a/continuous_integration/environment-3.7-jdk11-dev.yaml b/continuous_integration/environment-3.10-jdk11-dev.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from continuous_integration/environment-3.7-jdk11-dev.yaml
rename to continuous_integration/environment-3.10-jdk11-dev.yaml
index 4c8ff4671..e58e00c87 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/environment-3.7-jdk11-dev.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/environment-3.10-jdk11-dev.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pytest-cov>=2.10.1
 - pytest-xdist
 - pytest>=6.0.1
-- python=3.7
+- python=3.10
 - scikit-learn>=0.24.2
 - sphinx>=3.2.1
 - tpot>=0.11.7
diff --git a/continuous_integration/environment-3.7-jdk8-dev.yaml b/continuous_integration/environment-3.10-jdk8-dev.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from continuous_integration/environment-3.7-jdk8-dev.yaml
rename to continuous_integration/environment-3.10-jdk8-dev.yaml
index ebfb4a172..4ad533e94 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/environment-3.7-jdk8-dev.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/environment-3.10-jdk8-dev.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pytest-cov>=2.10.1
 - pytest-xdist
 - pytest>=6.0.1
-- python=3.7
+- python=3.10
 - scikit-learn>=0.24.2
 - sphinx>=3.2.1
 - tpot>=0.11.7
diff --git a/continuous_integration/recipe/meta.yaml b/continuous_integration/recipe/meta.yaml
index ca97712f6..987641a6b 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ requirements:
     - maven >=3.6.0
   host:
     - pip
-    - python
+    - python >=3.8
   run:
     - python
     - dask >=2021.11.1
diff --git a/docker/conda.txt b/docker/conda.txt
index 579d265c0..b008852cd 100644
--- a/docker/conda.txt
+++ b/docker/conda.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-python>=3.7
+python>=3.8
 dask>=2021.11.1
 pandas>=1.0.0  # below 1.0, there were no nullable ext. types
 jpype1>=1.0.2
diff --git a/docs/pages/installation.rst b/docs/pages/installation.rst
index 1c5b8f11b..4b95f13cb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/pages/installation.rst
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ Create a new conda environment and install the development environment:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    conda env create -f continuous_integration/environment-3.8-jdk11-dev.yaml
+    conda env create -f continuous_integration/environment-3.9-jdk11-dev.yaml
 
 It is not recommended to use ``pip`` instead of ``conda``.
 If you however need to, make sure to have Java (jdk >= 8) and maven installed and correctly setup before continuing.
-Have a look into ``environment-3.8-jdk11-dev.yaml`` for the rest of the development environment.
+Have a look into ``environment-3.9-jdk11-dev.yaml`` for the rest of the development environment.
 
 After that, you can install the package in development mode
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29cb06787..14ca7bbdb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def run(self):
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     packages=find_packages(include=["dask_sql", "dask_sql.*"]),
     package_data={"dask_sql": ["jar/DaskSQL.jar"]},
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     setup_requires=sphinx_requirements,
     install_requires=[
         "dask[dataframe,distributed]>=2021.11.1",