diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index b1807f78..4b3523b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8.3", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         redis-version: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
         redis-py-version: [3.5.0]
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8.3", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         redis-version: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index 1de525fa..f7a416f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8.3", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         redis-version: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
         redis-py-version: [3.5.0]
 
@@ -66,42 +66,3 @@ jobs:
       with:
         file: ./coverage.xml
         fail_ci_if_error: false
-  test-python-36:
-    name: Python${{ matrix.python-version }}/Redis${{ matrix.redis-version }}/redis-py${{ matrix.redis-py-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6"]
-        redis-version: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
-        redis-py-version: [3.5.0]
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4.6.1
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Start Redis
-      uses: supercharge/redis-github-action@1.5.0
-      with:
-        redis-version: ${{ matrix.redis-version }}
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install redis==${{ matrix.redis-py-version }}
-        pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements-36.txt
-        pip install -e .
-
-    - name: Test with pytest
-      run: |
-        RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 pytest --cov=rq --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml --durations=5
-
-    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-      with:
-        file: ./coverage.xml
-        fail_ci_if_error: false
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 68115b42..1b8ba04a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### RQ unreleased
+* Dropped support for Python 3.6
+
 ### RQ 1.15.1 (2023-06-20)
 * Fixed a bug that may cause a crash when cleaning intermediate queue. Thanks @selwin!
 * Fixed a bug that may cause canceled jobs to still run dependent jobs. Thanks @fredsod!
diff --git a/docs/contrib/testing.md b/docs/contrib/testing.md
index 3264e436..09bb0eb0 100644
--- a/docs/contrib/testing.md
+++ b/docs/contrib/testing.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ layout: contrib
 
 ### Testing RQ locally
 
-To run tests locally you can use `tox`, which will run the tests with all supported Python versions (3.6 - 3.11)
+To run tests locally you can use `tox`, which will run the tests with all supported Python versions (3.7 - 3.11)
 
 ```
 tox
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ceaf034d..7442f689 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ setup(
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms='any',
     install_requires=get_requirements(),
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'rq = rq.cli:main',
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: Unix',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile b/tests/Dockerfile
index d131b7e8..8d60b496 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 ENV LC_ALL C.UTF-8
 
+# See: https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa for supported versions of Python.
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get install -y \
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     libnss3-dev \
     libssl-dev \
     libreadline-dev \
-    libffi-dev wget \
+    libffi-dev \
+    wget \
     software-properties-common && \
     add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
     apt-get update
@@ -23,13 +25,17 @@ RUN apt-get install -y \
     redis-server \
     python3-pip \
     stunnel \
-    python3.6 \
     python3.7 \
+    python3.7-dev \
+    python3.7-distutils \
     python3.8 \
+    python3.8-dev \
     python3.9 \
+    python3.9-dev \
     python3.10 \
-    python3.6-distutils \
-    python3.7-distutils
+    python3.10-dev \
+    python3.11 \
+    python3.11-dev
 
 RUN apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a180d777..4954a99c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist=py36,py37,py38,py39,py310
+envlist=py37,py38,py39,py310,py311
 
 [testenv]
 commands=pytest --cov rq --cov-config=.coveragerc --durations=5 {posargs}
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ passenv=
 ;     black --check rq tests
 ;     ruff check rq tests
 
-[testenv:py36]
-skipdist = True
-basepython = python3.6
-deps = {[testenv]deps}
-
 [testenv:py37]
 skipdist = True
 basepython = python3.7
@@ -46,6 +41,11 @@ skipdist = True
 basepython = python3.10
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
 
+[testenv:py311]
+skipdist = True
+basepython = python3.11
+deps = {[testenv]deps}
+
 [testenv:ssl]
 skipdist = True
 basepython = python3.10