diff --git a/chronochat/debian/control b/chronochat/debian/control
index 92ced9b..f08107f 100644
--- a/chronochat/debian/control
+++ b/chronochat/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.7.0),
diff --git a/libchronosync/debian/control b/libchronosync/debian/control
index ebd92bf..ecd0fea 100644
--- a/libchronosync/debian/control
+++ b/libchronosync/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
diff --git a/libpsync/debian/control b/libpsync/debian/control
index 96fef54..8604637 100644
--- a/libpsync/debian/control
+++ b/libpsync/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
diff --git a/name-based-access-control/debian/control b/name-based-access-control/debian/control
index 55dd3a1..fa61878 100644
--- a/name-based-access-control/debian/control
+++ b/name-based-access-control/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
diff --git a/ndn-cxx/debian/control b/ndn-cxx/debian/control
index 39e2066..a4b4d22 100644
--- a/ndn-cxx/debian/control
+++ b/ndn-cxx/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libsqlite3-dev (>= 3.22.0),
diff --git a/ndn-tools/debian/control b/ndn-tools/debian/control
index 48efc66..4aa80c6 100644
--- a/ndn-tools/debian/control
+++ b/ndn-tools/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
diff --git a/ndn-traffic-generator/debian/control b/ndn-traffic-generator/debian/control
index a898cd7..16b701a 100644
--- a/ndn-traffic-generator/debian/control
+++ b/ndn-traffic-generator/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1)
diff --git a/ndncert/debian/control b/ndncert/debian/control
index fb7e4f1..668495a 100644
--- a/ndncert/debian/control
+++ b/ndncert/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
diff --git a/ndns/debian/control b/ndns/debian/control
index 5d9e8a0..c1b6731 100644
--- a/ndns/debian/control
+++ b/ndns/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.0),
diff --git a/nfd/debian/control b/nfd/debian/control
index e36d920..70e327f 100644
--- a/nfd/debian/control
+++ b/nfd/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 Package: nfd-status-http-server
 Architecture: i386 amd64 arm64 armel armhf ppc64el
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, nfd, python3 (>= 3.6.0)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, nfd, python3 (>= 3.8)
 Description: NFD HTTP status server
 
 Package: nfd-autoreg
diff --git a/nlsr/debian/control b/nlsr/debian/control
index 8053e76..f0ca5da 100644
--- a/nlsr/debian/control
+++ b/nlsr/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),
diff --git a/repo-ng/debian/control b/repo-ng/debian/control
index 61500fb..d9e8acd 100644
--- a/repo-ng/debian/control
+++ b/repo-ng/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
- python3 (>= 3.6.0),
+ python3 (>= 3.8),
  pkg-config (>= 0.29),
  libboost-all-dev (>= 1.65.1),
  libndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.8.1),