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@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ file and `list of open issues <https://github.com/dulwich/dulwich/issues>`_.
 Supported versions of Python
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-At the moment, Dulwich supports (and is tested on) CPython 3.6 and later and
+At the moment, Dulwich supports (and is tested on) CPython 3.9 and later and
 Pypy.