diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
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--- a/INSTALL.md
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The core library is written in PyTorch. Several components have underlying imple
 
 These can be installed by running:
 ```
-conda create -n pytorch3d python=3.6
+conda create -n pytorch3d python=3.8
 conda activate pytorch3d
 conda install -c pytorch pytorch torchvision cudatoolkit=10.0
 conda install -c conda-forge -c fvcore fvcore