diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index bb22a1a4..e8f46429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        php-versions: ['5.6', '7.4', '8.0']
-#        php-versions: ['7.4']
+        php-versions: ['7.4', '8.0']
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mysql:5.7
+        image: mariadb:10
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: false
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 123
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0859d22c..e11f1c63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ Supported Configuration
 
  - Platform: Linux / Unix.
  - Web server: Apache 2.2 and newer.
- - PHP 5.6 and newer (PHP's safe_mode must be disabled and simplexml,
-   filter, and json must be installed). While 5.6 is still supported we recommend you
-	 update to 7.x ASAP, we will be dropping 5.6 support in the future.
+ - PHP 7.0 and newer (PHP's safe_mode must be disabled and simplexml,
+   filter, and json must be installed).
  - short_open_tag isn't required but additional modules and themes may rely on it.
  - Database: MySQL 5 and newer.