diff --git a/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml
index c1296d2..31970a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                python: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+                python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
                 include:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
                       test: make test
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ jobs:
                       test: ./runtest.sh valgrind
 
         steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - name: Setup
               run: sudo apt-get install -y gcovr valgrind
 
             - name: Set up Python
-              uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v4
               with:
                 python-version: "${{ matrix.python }}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml
index 5b7b109..8ce55a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                os: [macos-10.15, windows-2019]
+                os: [macos-11, windows-2019]
                 arch: [auto64]
-                build: ["cp{37,38,39,310,311}-*"]
+                build: ["cp{38,39,310,311,312}-*"]
 
                 include:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
                       arch: auto64
                       type: manylinux1
-                      build: "cp{37,38,39}-*"
+                      build: "cp{38,39}-*"
                       CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux1
 
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -56,22 +56,22 @@ jobs:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
                       arch: auto64
                       type: manylinux2014
-                      build: "cp311-*"
+                      build: "cp{311,312}-*"
                       CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
 
                     - os: macos-latest
                       arch: universal2
-                      build: "cp{37,38,39,310,311}-*"
+                      build: "cp{38,39,310,311,312}-*"
                  
                     - os: windows-latest
                       arch: auto64
-                      build: "cp{37,38,39,310,311}-*"
+                      build: "cp{38,39,310,311,312}-*"
 
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
             - name: Build wheels and run tests
-              uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.11.4
+              uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17.0
               env:
                   CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.build }}
                   CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE }}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
 
     build_sdist:
       name: Build source distribution
-      runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+      runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
       steps:
           - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                os: [ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04, macos-10.15, macos-11, windows-2019, windows-2022]
-                python: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+                os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-11, macos-12, windows-2019, windows-2022]
+                python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
                 build_type: ["AHOCORASICK_UNICODE", "AHOCORASICK_BYTES"]
 
         steps:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7499ec0..e26ab96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ Changelog
 =============
 
 
-2.0.0 (2022-04-xx)
+2.1.0 (2022-04-xx)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.6 and 3.7
+- Add support for Python 3.12
+
+2.0.0 (2023-01-14)
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 - Drop support for Python 2
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f8946c8..3cb4cad 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ of time and saved (as a pickle) to disk to reload and reuse later.  The library
 provides an `ahocorasick` Python module that you can use as a plain dict-like
 Trie or convert a Trie to an automaton for efficient Aho-Corasick search.
 
-**pyahocorasick** is implemented in C and tested on Python 3.6 and up.
+**pyahocorasick** is implemented in C and tested on Python 3.8 and up.
 It works on 64 bits Linux, macOS and Windows.
 
 The license_ is BSD-3-Clause. Some utilities, such as tests and the pure Python
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a740762..0000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-version: 1.0.{build}
-
-environment:
-
-    # borrowed from https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil
-    matrix:
-        # 64 bits only
-        - PYTHON: "C:\\Python36-x64"
-          PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6.x"
-          PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-        - PYTHON: "C:\\Python37-x64"
-          PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7.x"
-          PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-        - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38-x64"
-          PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x"
-          PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-        - PYTHON: "C:\\Python39-x64"
-          PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9.x"
-          APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
-          PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-        - PYTHON: "C:\\Python310-x64"
-          PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10.x"
-          APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
-          PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-
-install:
-    - cmd: "%PYTHON%\\Scripts\\pip install -e .[testing]"
-
-build: off
-
-test_script:
-    - cmd: "%PYTHON%\\Scripts\\pytest -vvs"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bd6552..b8d59a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def get_long_description():
 
 setup(
     name="pyahocorasick",
-    version="2.0.0",
+    version="2.1.0",
     ext_modules=[module],
 
     description=(
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ def get_long_description():
     extras_require={
         "testing": ["pytest", "twine", "setuptools", "wheel", ],
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
 )