diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b393c07f2..09177ccf4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ poetry run test
 
 You can learn more about this project throguh the documentation in the [docs](./docs) folder and on [our Wiki](https://github.com/anitab-org/mentorship-backend/wiki).
 
-- **Language:** Python 3.6
+- **Language:** Python 3.8
 - **Framework:** [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/)
 - **Flask Extensions:** [Flask-RESTX](https://flask-restx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), [Flask-SQLAlchemy](http://flask-sqlalchemy.pocoo.org), [Flask-JWT-Extended](https://flask-jwt-extended.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), [Flask-Mail](https://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Mail)
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 76a6d07c1..971315c23 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -277,22 +277,6 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 version = "2.10"
 
-[[package]]
-category = "main"
-description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
-marker = "python_version < \"3.8\""
-name = "importlib-metadata"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
-version = "1.7.0"
-
-[package.dependencies]
-zipp = ">=0.5"
-
-[package.extras]
-docs = ["sphinx", "rst.linker"]
-testing = ["packaging", "pep517", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)"]
-
 [[package]]
 category = "main"
 description = "Various helpers to pass trusted data to untrusted environments and back."
@@ -329,10 +313,6 @@ pyrsistent = ">=0.14.0"
 setuptools = "*"
 six = ">=1.11.0"
 
-[package.dependencies.importlib-metadata]
-python = "<3.8"
-version = "*"
-
 [package.extras]
 format = ["idna", "jsonpointer (>1.13)", "rfc3987", "strict-rfc3339", "webcolors"]
 format_nongpl = ["idna", "jsonpointer (>1.13)", "webcolors", "rfc3986-validator (>0.1.0)", "rfc3339-validator"]
@@ -396,11 +376,6 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 version = "0.13.1"
 
-[package.dependencies]
-[package.dependencies.importlib-metadata]
-python = "<3.8"
-version = ">=0.12"
-
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
 
@@ -462,10 +437,6 @@ pluggy = ">=0.12,<1.0"
 py = ">=1.5.0"
 wcwidth = "*"
 
-[package.dependencies.importlib-metadata]
-python = "<3.8"
-version = ">=0.12"
-
 [package.extras]
 checkqa-mypy = ["mypy (v0.761)"]
 testing = ["argcomplete", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "nose", "requests", "xmlschema"]
@@ -623,23 +594,10 @@ dev = ["pytest", "coverage", "tox", "sphinx", "pallets-sphinx-themes", "sphinx-i
 termcolor = ["termcolor"]
 watchdog = ["watchdog"]
 
-[[package]]
-category = "main"
-description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
-marker = "python_version < \"3.8\""
-name = "zipp"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-version = "3.1.0"
-
-[package.extras]
-docs = ["sphinx", "jaraco.packaging (>=3.2)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)"]
-testing = ["jaraco.itertools", "func-timeout"]
-
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "37d0ff1fb233fb95742841d2eb63f0f77d815e91ed10e0da369eee5bc765aeb7"
+content-hash = "aa3764e5221696094713ad8d48279b2412ce53131468c65b203f628c1350167b"
 lock-version = "1.0"
-python-versions = "^3.6"
+python-versions = "^3.8"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alembic = [
@@ -755,10 +713,6 @@ idna = [
     {file = "idna-2.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b97d804b1e9b523befed77c48dacec60e6dcb0b5391d57af6a65a312a90648c0"},
     {file = "idna-2.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b307872f855b18632ce0c21c5e45be78c0ea7ae4c15c828c20788b26921eb3f6"},
 ]
-importlib-metadata = [
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-1.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dc15b2969b4ce36305c51eebe62d418ac7791e9a157911d58bfb1f9ccd8e2070"},
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-1.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:90bb658cdbbf6d1735b6341ce708fc7024a3e14e99ffdc5783edea9f9b077f83"},
-]
 itsdangerous = [
     {file = "itsdangerous-0.24.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cbb3fcf8d3e33df861709ecaf89d9e6629cff0a217bc2848f1b41cd30d360519"},
 ]
@@ -967,7 +921,3 @@ werkzeug = [
     {file = "Werkzeug-0.15.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:00d32beac38fcd48d329566f80d39f10ec2ed994efbecfb8dd4b320062d05902"},
     {file = "Werkzeug-0.15.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0a24d43be6a7dce81bae05292356176d6c46d63e42a0dd3f9504b210a9cfaa43"},
 ]
-zipp = [
-    {file = "zipp-3.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aa36550ff0c0b7ef7fa639055d797116ee891440eac1a56f378e2d3179e0320b"},
-    {file = "zipp-3.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c599e4d75c98f6798c509911d08a22e6c021d074469042177c8c86fb92eefd96"},
-]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80627bcd4..40b2082a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ packages = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.6"
+python = "^3.8"
 alembic = "^1.4.2"
 APScheduler = "^3.5.1"
 click = "^6.7"