diff --git a/src/C/context.jl b/src/C/context.jl
index 57c7d3ad..07135409 100644
--- a/src/C/context.jl
+++ b/src/C/context.jl
@@ -188,12 +188,8 @@ function init_context()
             Py_InitializeEx(0)
             atexit() do
                 CTX.is_initialized = false
-                if CTX.version === missing || CTX.version < v"3.6"
-                    Py_Finalize()
-                else
-                    if Py_FinalizeEx() == -1
-                        @warn "Py_FinalizeEx() error"
-                    end
+                if Py_FinalizeEx() == -1
+                    @warn "Py_FinalizeEx() error"
                 end
             end
         end
@@ -223,8 +219,8 @@ function init_context()
         error("Cannot parse version from version string: $(repr(verstr))")
     end
     CTX.version = VersionNumber(vermatch.match)
-    v"3.5" ≤ CTX.version < v"4" || error(
-        "Only Python 3.5+ is supported, this is Python $(CTX.version) at $(CTX.exe_path===missing ? "unknown location" : CTX.exe_path).",
+    v"3.9" ≤ CTX.version < v"4" || error(
+        "Only Python 3.9+ is supported, this is Python $(CTX.version) at $(CTX.exe_path===missing ? "unknown location" : CTX.exe_path).",
     )
 
     @debug "Initialized PythonCall.jl" CTX.is_embedded CTX.is_initialized CTX.exe_path CTX.lib_path CTX.lib_ptr CTX.pyprogname CTX.pyhome CTX.version
diff --git a/src/C/pointers.jl b/src/C/pointers.jl
index 22343104..d7441960 100644
--- a/src/C/pointers.jl
+++ b/src/C/pointers.jl
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ const CAPI_FUNC_SIGS = Dict{Symbol,Pair{Tuple,Type}}(
     # INITIALIZE
     :Py_Initialize => () => Cvoid,
     :Py_InitializeEx => (Cint,) => Cvoid,
-    :Py_Finalize => () => Cvoid,
-    :Py_FinalizeEx => () => Cint, # 3.6+
+    :Py_FinalizeEx => () => Cint,
     :Py_AtExit => (Ptr{Cvoid},) => Cint,
     :Py_IsInitialized => () => Cint,
     :Py_SetPythonHome => (Ptr{Cwchar_t},) => Cvoid,
@@ -283,11 +282,8 @@ const POINTERS = CAPIPointers()
 
 @eval init_pointers(p::CAPIPointers = POINTERS, lib::Ptr = CTX.lib_ptr) = begin
     $([
-        if name == :Py_FinalizeEx
-            :(p.$name = dlsym_e(lib, $(QuoteNode(name))))
-        else
-            :(p.$name = dlsym(lib, $(QuoteNode(name))))
-        end for name in CAPI_FUNCS
+        :(p.$name = dlsym(lib, $(QuoteNode(name))))
+        for name in CAPI_FUNCS
     ]...)
     $(
         [
diff --git a/src/Core/err.jl b/src/Core/err.jl
index 5cde77ec..a7e936c1 100644
--- a/src/Core/err.jl
+++ b/src/Core/err.jl
@@ -176,47 +176,37 @@ function _showerror(io::IO, e::PyException, bt; backtrace = true)
                         pystr(String, x.lineno),
                     ) for x in pyimport("traceback").extract_tb(e.b)
                 ]
-                if Base.VERSION < v"1.6.0-rc1"
-                    for (i, (name, fname, lineno)) in enumerate(reverse(fs))
-                        println(io)
-                        printstyled(io, " [", i, "] ")
-                        printstyled(io, name, bold = true)
-                        printstyled(io, " at ")
-                        printstyled(io, fname, ":", lineno, bold = true)
-                    end
-                else
-                    mcdict = Dict{String,Symbol}()
-                    mccyclyer =
-                        Iterators.Stateful(Iterators.cycle(Base.STACKTRACE_MODULECOLORS))
-                    # skip a couple as a basic attempt to make the colours different from the Julia stacktrace
-                    popfirst!(mccyclyer)
-                    popfirst!(mccyclyer)
-                    for (i, (name, fname, lineno)) in enumerate(reverse(fs))
-                        println(io)
-                        printstyled(io, " [", i, "] ")
-                        printstyled(io, name, bold = true)
-                        println(io)
-                        printstyled(io, "   @ ", color = :light_black)
-                        mod = file_to_pymodule(fname)
-                        if mod !== nothing
-                            # print the module, with colour determined by the top level name
-                            tmod = first(split(mod, ".", limit = 2))
-                            color = get!(mcdict, tmod) do
-                                popfirst!(mccyclyer)
-                            end
-                            printstyled(io, mod, " ", color = color)
+                mcdict = Dict{String,Symbol}()
+                mccyclyer =
+                    Iterators.Stateful(Iterators.cycle(Base.STACKTRACE_MODULECOLORS))
+                # skip a couple as a basic attempt to make the colours different from the Julia stacktrace
+                popfirst!(mccyclyer)
+                popfirst!(mccyclyer)
+                for (i, (name, fname, lineno)) in enumerate(reverse(fs))
+                    println(io)
+                    printstyled(io, " [", i, "] ")
+                    printstyled(io, name, bold = true)
+                    println(io)
+                    printstyled(io, "   @ ", color = :light_black)
+                    mod = file_to_pymodule(fname)
+                    if mod !== nothing
+                        # print the module, with colour determined by the top level name
+                        tmod = first(split(mod, ".", limit = 2))
+                        color = get!(mcdict, tmod) do
+                            popfirst!(mccyclyer)
                         end
-                        if isfile(fname) &&
-                           :stacktrace_contract_userdir in names(Base, all = true) &&
-                           Base.stacktrace_contract_userdir()
-                            if :replaceuserpath in names(Base, all = true)
-                                fname = Base.replaceuserpath(fname)
-                            elseif :contractuser in names(Base.Filesystem, all = true)
-                                fname = Base.Filesystem.contractuser(fname)
-                            end
+                        printstyled(io, mod, " ", color = color)
+                    end
+                    if isfile(fname) &&
+                        :stacktrace_contract_userdir in names(Base, all = true) &&
+                        Base.stacktrace_contract_userdir()
+                        if :replaceuserpath in names(Base, all = true)
+                            fname = Base.replaceuserpath(fname)
+                        elseif :contractuser in names(Base.Filesystem, all = true)
+                            fname = Base.Filesystem.contractuser(fname)
                         end
-                        printstyled(io, fname, ":", lineno, color = :light_black)
                     end
+                    printstyled(io, fname, ":", lineno, color = :light_black)
                 end
             catch err
                 print(io, "<error while printing stacktrace: $err>")