# Python 3\.6 is being deprecated

**Published:** April 29, 2022 | **Authors:** Steven Salat

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Following the [release of Python 3.9](https://vercel.com/changelog/python-3-9-is-now-available), Vercel is deprecating support for Python 3.6 which reached [end of life](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/) last year.

On **July 18th 2022**, new deployments targeting Python 3.6 will fail with an error message. Existing deployments will be unaffected.

Check out [the documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/runtimes#official-runtimes/python/python-version) as well.

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