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@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ source code and recompiling frequently.
 
 #### Visual Studio Code extension
 
-![spaCy extension demo](/images/spacy-extension-demo.gif) 
+![spaCy extension demo](/images/spacy-extension-demo.gif)
 
 The [spaCy VSCode Extension](https://github.com/explosion/spacy-vscode) provides
 additional tooling and features for working with spaCy's config files. Version
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ You can configure the build process with the following environment variables:
 | Variable       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `SPACY_EXTRAS` | Additional Python packages to install alongside spaCy with optional version specifications. Should be a string that can be passed to `pip install`. See [`Makefile`](%%GITHUB_SPACY/Makefile) for defaults. |
-| `PYVER`        | The Python version to build against. This version needs to be available on your build and runtime machines. Defaults to `3.6`.                                                                              |
+| `PYVER`        | The Python version to build against. This version needs to be available on your build and runtime machines. Defaults to `3.8`.                                                                              |
 | `WHEELHOUSE`   | Directory to store the wheel files during compilation. Defaults to `./wheelhouse`.                                                                                                                          |
 
 ### Run tests {id="run-tests"}