diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3192d34b..bb31fc67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Install:
 
-- Python 3, at least Python 3.8.
+- Python 3, at least Python 3.6.
 - Node.js, at least Node.js 18.
   - One way to manage Node versions is using [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm).
 - [Black](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html), if you plan on contributing changes to the Python backend.
diff --git a/deploy/cron_scripts/update_latest.sh b/deploy/cron_scripts/update_latest.sh
index 1512529c..6119f50c 100755
--- a/deploy/cron_scripts/update_latest.sh
+++ b/deploy/cron_scripts/update_latest.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR/scrapers"
 git checkout -f deploy -q
 git pull -q
 
-# The scripts machine we use has Python 3.8, so use that.
+# The scripts machine we use has Python 3.6, so use that.
 # This updates $OUT_FILE.
-python3.8 update.py
+python3.6 update.py
 OUT_FILE="$REPO_DIR/public/latest.json"
 
 # Copy $OUT_FILE to the output directory, so it can be served to the internet.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 30466a5b..74e362d4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 beautifulsoup4==4.11.1
 lxml==4.9.3
-requests==2.32.2
+requests==2.27.1