diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 92ba9bed903..d702bd09481 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Consult previous versions of this document for older versions of Node.js:
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-* Python support: the Node.js project supports Python >= 3.6 for building and testing.
+* [A supported version of Python][Python versions] for building and testing.
 * Memory: at least 8GB of RAM is typically required when compiling with 4 parallel jobs (e.g: `make -j4`)
 
 ### Unix and macOS
diff --git a/android-configure b/android-configure
index 2731e48d708..49ee97e2596 100755
--- a/android-configure
+++ b/android-configure
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ command -v python3.11 >/dev/null && exec python3.11 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.10 >/dev/null && exec python3.10 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.9 >/dev/null && exec python3.9 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.8 >/dev/null && exec python3.8 "$0" "$@"
-command -v python3.7 >/dev/null && exec python3.7 "$0" "$@"
-command -v python3.6 >/dev/null && exec python3.6 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3 >/dev/null && exec python3 "$0" "$@"
 exec python "$0" "$@"
 ''' "$0" "$@"
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ except ImportError:
   from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
 
 print('Node.js android configure: Found Python {}.{}.{}...'.format(*sys.version_info))
-acceptable_pythons = ((3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6))
+acceptable_pythons = ((3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8))
 if sys.version_info[:2] in acceptable_pythons:
   import android_configure
 else:
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 29ebe882b09..56720e8f4c4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ command -v python3.11 >/dev/null && exec python3.11 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.10 >/dev/null && exec python3.10 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.9 >/dev/null && exec python3.9 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.8 >/dev/null && exec python3.8 "$0" "$@"
-command -v python3.7 >/dev/null && exec python3.7 "$0" "$@"
-command -v python3.6 >/dev/null && exec python3.6 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3 >/dev/null && exec python3 "$0" "$@"
 exec python "$0" "$@"
 ''' "$0" "$@"
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ except ImportError:
   from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
 
 print('Node.js configure: Found Python {}.{}.{}...'.format(*sys.version_info))
-acceptable_pythons = ((3, 13), (3, 12), (3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6))
+acceptable_pythons = ((3, 13), (3, 12), (3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8))
 if sys.version_info[:2] in acceptable_pythons:
   import configure
 else:
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index a4222691cb4..870c89a1c7e 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@ def make_bin_override():
   if sys.platform == 'win32':
     raise Exception('make_bin_override should not be called on win32.')
   # If the system python is not the python we are running (which should be
-  # python 3), then create a directory with a symlink called `python` to our
+  # python 3.8+), then create a directory with a symlink called `python` to our
   # sys.executable. This directory will be prefixed to the PATH, so that
   # other tools that shell out to `python` will use the appropriate python
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 23edd575d87..84470a8a18b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exclude = [
   "tools/eslint/node_modules",
 ]
 line-length = 172
-target-version = "py37"
+target-version = "py38"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = [