diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5051377..8b14f1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
         config:
         # [Python version, tox env]
         - ["3.9",   "lint"]
-        - ["3.6",   "py36"]
         - ["3.7",   "py37"]
         - ["3.8",   "py38"]
         - ["3.9",   "py39"]
diff --git a/.meta.toml b/.meta.toml
index a010ff9..4c5329d 100644
--- a/.meta.toml
+++ b/.meta.toml
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/pure-python
 [meta]
 template = "pure-python"
-commit-id = "200573eb414d2228d463da3de7d71a6d6335a704"
+commit-id = "c7a64084"
 
 [python]
 with-pypy = false
-with-legacy-python = false
 with-docs = true
 with-sphinx-doctests = true
 with-windows = true
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ testenv-additional = [
     "    coverage combine",
     "    coverage html",
     "    coverage report -m --fail-under=100",
-    "depends = py36,py37,py38,py39,py39-datetime,py310,py311,coverage",
+    "depends = py37,py38,py39,py39-datetime,py310,py311,py312coverage",
     ]
 coverage-basepython = "python3.8"
 coverage-command = "pytest --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report= {posargs}"
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0f3c5f7..1b2260a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-6.1 (unreleased)
+7.0 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+Backwards incompatible changes
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.6.
+
 
 
 6.0 (2022-11-03)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7c0c085..71c4c25 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ignore =
 force_single_line = True
 combine_as_imports = True
 sections = FUTURE,STDLIB,THIRDPARTY,ZOPE,FIRSTPARTY,LOCALFOLDER
-known_third_party = six, docutils, pkg_resources
+known_third_party = six, docutils, pkg_resources, pytz
 known_zope =
 known_first_party =
 default_section = ZOPE
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d52ded8..a762033 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def read(*rnames):
 
 setup(
     name='RestrictedPython',
-    version='6.1.dev0',
+    version='7.0.dev0',
     url='https://github.com/zopefoundation/RestrictedPython',
     license='ZPL 2.1',
     description=(
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def read(*rnames):
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ def read(*rnames):
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     install_requires=[
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6, <3.12",
+    python_requires=">=3.7, <3.12",
     tests_require=tests_require,
     extras_require={
         'test': tests_require,
diff --git a/src/RestrictedPython/_compat.py b/src/RestrictedPython/_compat.py
index 690c535..d98805a 100644
--- a/src/RestrictedPython/_compat.py
+++ b/src/RestrictedPython/_compat.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 
 _version = sys.version_info
-IS_PY37_OR_GREATER = _version.major == 3 and _version.minor >= 7
 IS_PY38_OR_GREATER = _version.major == 3 and _version.minor >= 8
 IS_PY310_OR_GREATER = _version.major == 3 and _version.minor >= 10
 IS_PY311_OR_GREATER = _version.major == 3 and _version.minor >= 11
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0e9f2d0..3be4255 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 minversion = 3.18
 envlist =
     lint
-    py36
     py37
     py38
     py39
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ deps =
     datetime: DateTime
     -cconstraints.txt
     pytest-cov
+    Sphinx
 setenv =
     COVERAGE_FILE=.coverage.{envname}
 commands =
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ commands =
     coverage combine
     coverage html
     coverage report -m --fail-under=100
-depends = py36,py37,py38,py39,py39-datetime,py310,py311,coverage
+depends = py37,py38,py39,py39-datetime,py310,py311,py312coverage
 
 [testenv:lint]
 basepython = python3
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ deps =
     datetime: DateTime
     -cconstraints.txt
     pytest-cov
+    Sphinx
 setenv =
     COVERAGE_FILE=.coverage
 commands =