diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7023855..33a9fb3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __pycache__/
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 env/
+venv/
 build/
 develop-eggs/
 dist/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ff735b9..6c9b7e5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ python:
   - 3.5
   - 3.6
   - 3.7
-  - 2.7
+  - 3.8
 install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2* ]]; then pip install -r requirements/python2.txt; fi
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 3* ]]; then pip install -r requirements/python3.txt; fi
-script: nosetests
+  - pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+  - pip check
+script: python -m nose
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b8b8b36..2c67023 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.0
+    * Drop support for python 2 and python 3.4; you may use version 2.3 or prior for outdated python versions.
+
 2.3
     * Added json CLI command
 
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c4db50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+[ ! -d venv ] && (
+  python3 -m virtualenv venv
+  source venv/bin/activate
+  pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+  pip check
+)
+source venv/bin/activate
+
+python -m nose
+
+rm -rf dist/
+python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+twine check dist/*
+
+# TODO: automate releases on tag builds of travis
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1ea7283..8e5a784 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
--r requirements/base.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+click==7.1.1
+dnspython3==1.15.0
+six==1.14.0
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ae9230..0000000
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-six==1.7.3
-mock==1.0.1
-click==6.2
diff --git a/requirements/python2.txt b/requirements/python2.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7da539c..0000000
--- a/requirements/python2.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
--r base.txt
-
-dnspython==1.12.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements/python3.txt b/requirements/python3.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c9bb173..0000000
--- a/requirements/python3.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
--r base.txt
-
-dnspython3==1.12.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b9abe4..0ecd605 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,42 +1,48 @@
 from setuptools import setup
-import sys
-PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
 
+# TODO: read requirements from file
 install_requires = [
-    'six', 'Click'
+    'click', 'dnspython3', 'six'
 ]
 
-if PY2:
-    install_requires.append('dnspython')
-else:
-    install_requires.append('dnspython3')
-
 tests_require = [
-    'mock'
+    'mock', 'nose'
 ]
 
 setup(
     name='mcstatus',
-    version='2.3.0',
+    version='3.0.0',
     author='Nathan Adams',
     author_email='dinnerbone@dinnerbone.com',
     url='https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mcstatus',
     packages=['mcstatus', 'mcstatus.protocol', 'mcstatus.scripts'],
     description='A library to query Minecraft Servers for their status and capabilities.',
+    long_description=open("README.md", "r").read(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=install_requires,
     tests_require=tests_require,
+    python_requires=">=3.5",
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Natural Language :: English',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+        'Topic :: Games/Entertainment',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+        'Topic :: System :: Monitoring',
     ],
     entry_points='''
         [console_scripts]
         mcstatus=mcstatus.scripts.mcstatus:cli
     ''',
+    project_urls={
+        'Source': 'https://github.com/Dinnerbone/mcstatus',
+    },
 )
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c19a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+mock>=3.0.5
+nose>=1.3.7
+twine