diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4fba21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.12
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1d13aa..8df4a97 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Owen Taylor", email = "otaylor@redhat.com"}
 ]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "click",
     "koji",