diff --git a/plotly/utils.py b/plotly/utils.py
index da0833cdc98..a7933863c37 100644
--- a/plotly/utils.py
+++ b/plotly/utils.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 lock = threading.Lock()
 
 PY36 = (
-    sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor == 6
+    sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 6
 )