diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e43ed7b..ce672914 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='jc',
-    version='1.5.1',
+    version='1.6.1',
     author='Kelly Brazil',
     author_email='kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com',
     description='This tool serializes the output of popular command line tools to structured JSON output.',
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     license='MIT',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    python_requires='~=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.6',
     url='https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc',
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
     entry_points={