diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c738db2b..c9f5a10e7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "geopandas",
     "flake8>=5.0.0",
     "time_machine",
-    "pyproj",  # Pyproj is an optional, best-effort runtime dependency # TODO #460 set a high enough minimum version when py3.6 support can be dropped
+    "pyproj>=3.2.0",  # Pyproj is an optional, best-effort runtime dependency
 ]
 
 docs_require = [
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index eb59a563c..1e3f121ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -936,11 +936,6 @@ def test_normalize_crs_without_pyproj_accept_non_epsg_string(self, caplog):
             in caplog.text
         )
 
-    @pytest.mark.skipif(
-        # TODO #460 this skip is only necessary for python 3.6 and lower
-        pyproj.__version__ < ComparableVersion("3.1.0"),
-        reason="WKT2 format support requires pyproj 3.1.0 or higher",
-    )
     def test_normalize_crs_succeeds_with_wkt2_input(self):
         """Test can handle WKT2 strings.