diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 034e29392..7b270f527 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
-        args: ["--py37-plus", "--keep-percent-format"]
+        args: ["--py38-plus", "--keep-percent-format"]
         exclude: ^(constructor/nsis/.*py)
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.13.2
diff --git a/news/747-py38 b/news/747-py38
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71c7dfb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/747-py38
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* Adjust metadata to require Python 3.8 or above, as needed by 3.6.0. (#747)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4e2d0a129..e53e6b64b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310']
+target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310']
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 702ca535d..6636c3dd3 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python
+    - python  # >=3.8
     - pip
   run:
     - conda >=4.6
-    - python
+    - python  # >=3.8
     - ruamel.yaml >=0.11.14,<0.19
     - conda-standalone
     - pillow >=3.1     # [win or osx]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9bb529441..e4bad058f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
     package_data={
         "constructor": ['header.sh', 'nsis/*', 'osx/*', 'ttf/*']
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_header.py b/tests/test_header.py
index ab8c5daf9..b72a8d3ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_header.py
+++ b/tests/test_header.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from constructor.utils import preprocess
 
 
-@lru_cache()
+@lru_cache
 def available_command(cmd):
     return which(cmd) is not None