diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
index a885bbd0..ab4b8299 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install setuptools  
           pip install flake8
           pip install black
           cd client
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 53b2c1b4..c491576a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ setup(
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=requirements,
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.12",
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[