diff --git a/.vermin b/.vermin
index cf26af3..983d673 100644
--- a/.vermin
+++ b/.vermin
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [vermin]
 only_show_violations = yes
 show_tips = no
-targets = 3.6-
+targets = 3.8-
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 51ab656..9d875ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 pdf417gen changelog
 ===================
 
-1.0.0 (TBA)
+0.8.0 (TBA)
 -----------
 
-* **BC BREAK**: Drop support for Python < 3.6
+* **BC BREAK**: Require Python 3.8+
+* Modernized packaging
+* Minor performance improvements
 
 0.7.1 (2020-01-12)
 ------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a61ea3..11f73d5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "PDF417 2D barcode generator for Python"
 keywords=["pdf417", "2d", "barcode", "generator"]
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = { file="LICENSE" }
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 classifiers = [