diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 13731e3a4..d85e16f71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
     env:
       CHANS_DEV: "-c pyviz/label/dev -c bokeh"
-      PKG_TEST_PYTHON: "--test-python=py37"
+      PKG_TEST_PYTHON: "--test-python=py38"
       PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
       CHANS: "-c pyviz"
       MPLBACKEND: "Agg"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
     env:
       CHANS_DEV: "-c pyviz/label/dev -c bokeh"
-      PKG_TEST_PYTHON: "--test-python=py37"
+      PKG_TEST_PYTHON: "--test-python=py38"
       PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
       CHANS: "-c pyviz"
       MPLBACKEND: "Agg"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6ed70eb3c..2d82b8664 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [tox]
 #          python version             test group                    extra envs  extra commands
-envlist = {py36,py37,py38,py39,py310,py311}-{unit,examples,all}-{default}-{dev,pkg}
+envlist = {py38,py39,py310,py311}-{unit,examples,all}-{default}-{dev,pkg}
 
 [_unit]
 description = Run unit tests with coverage