diff --git a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
index 0724ea3..7340385 100644
--- a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ expeditor:
 
 steps:
 
-- label: run-lint-and-specs-ruby-2.6
-  command:
-    - .expeditor/run_linux_tests.sh rake
-  expeditor:
-    executor:
-      docker:
-        image: ruby:2.6
 - label: run-lint-and-specs-ruby-2.7
   command:
     - .expeditor/run_linux_tests.sh rake
@@ -57,4 +50,4 @@ steps:
       docker:
         host_os: windows
         shell: ["powershell"]
-        image: rubydistros/windows-2019:3.1
\ No newline at end of file
+        image: rubydistros/windows-2019:3.1
diff --git a/mixlib-cli.gemspec b/mixlib-cli.gemspec
index 9eb7997..89472f0 100644
--- a/mixlib-cli.gemspec
+++ b/mixlib-cli.gemspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.email = "info@chef.io"
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-cli"
   s.license = "Apache-2.0"
-  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.6"
+  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
 
   s.require_path = "lib"
   s.files = %w{LICENSE NOTICE} + Dir.glob("lib/**/*", File::FNM_DOTMATCH).reject { |f| File.directory?(f) }