diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index bbf705f4..1579e139 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c949a242..4d51f459 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pyx12",
-    version="3.0.0rc1",
+    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    version="3.0.0rc2",
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     license='BSD',
     description="HIPAA X12 validator, parser and converter",