diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0d4e46015..c4278decb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,54 +1,3 @@
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: python-3-6-alpine-3-9
-
-services:
-  - name: postgresql
-    image: postgres:11.9-alpine
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test
-      POSTGRES_DB: test
-  - name: mysql
-    image: mariadb:10.3
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: test
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-
-clone:
-  skip_verify: true
-
-steps:
-- name: build
-  image: alpine:3.9
-  pull: always
-  commands:
-    - scripts/run-full-tests
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: python-3-7-alpine-3-10
-
-services:
-  - name: postgresql
-    image: postgres:11.9-alpine
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test
-      POSTGRES_DB: test
-  - name: mysql
-    image: mariadb:10.3
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: test
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-
-clone:
-  skip_verify: true
-
-steps:
-- name: build
-  image: alpine:3.10
-  pull: always
-  commands:
-    - scripts/run-full-tests
----
 kind: pipeline
 name: python-3-8-alpine-3-13
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 350af32e3..f4278c0b0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * #471: When command-line configuration override produces a parse error, error cleanly instead of
    tracebacking.
  * #476: Fix unicode error when restoring particular MySQL databases.
+ * Drop support for Python 3.6, which has been end-of-lifed.
+ * Add support for Python 3.10.
 
 1.5.21
  * #28: Optionally retry failing backups via "retries" and "retry_wait" configuration options.
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 56482a7c2..4b5d6275c 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ py==1.10.0
 pycodestyle==2.6.0
 pyflakes==2.2.0
 jsonschema==3.2.0
-pytest==6.1.2
-pytest-cov==2.10.1
+pytest==6.2.5
+pytest-cov==3.0.0
 regex; python_version >= '3.8'
 requests==2.25.0
 ruamel.yaml>0.15.0,<0.18.0
 toml==0.10.2; python_version >= '3.8'
-typed-ast==1.4.2; python_version >= '3.8'
+typed-ast==1.5.1; python_version >= '3.8'
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 12a0f603f..7d8340c6f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py36,py37,py38,py39
+envlist = py37,py38,py39,py310
 skip_missing_interpreters = True
 skipsdist = True
 minversion = 3.14.1