diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d6ec88e06..e44f85237 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ matrix:
 
     - env: TOXENV=pypy3
     - env: TOXENV=pinned
-      python: 3.5.1
-      dist: trusty
+      python: 3.5.2
     - env: TOXENV=asyncio
-      python: 3.5.1  # We use additional code to support 3.5.3 and earlier
-      dist: trusty
+      python: 3.5.2  # We use additional code to support 3.5.3 and earlier
     - env: TOXENV=py
       python: 3.5
     - env: TOXENV=asyncio
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fd84e127e..0e3939e9b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ including a list of features.
 Requirements
 ============
 
-* Python 3.5.1+
+* Python 3.5.2+
 * Works on Linux, Windows, macOS, BSD
 
 Install
diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index c06cb945b..9cdb7d09d 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Here's an example spider using BeautifulSoup API, with ``lxml`` as the HTML pars
 What Python versions does Scrapy support?
 -----------------------------------------
 
-Scrapy is supported under Python 3.5.1+
+Scrapy is supported under Python 3.5.2+
 under CPython (default Python implementation) and PyPy (starting with PyPy 5.9).
 Python 3 support was added in Scrapy 1.1.
 PyPy support was added in Scrapy 1.4, PyPy3 support was added in Scrapy 1.5.
diff --git a/docs/intro/install.rst b/docs/intro/install.rst
index 4af80d801..fb64d443c 100644
--- a/docs/intro/install.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/install.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Installation guide
 Installing Scrapy
 =================
 
-Scrapy runs on Python 3.5.1 or above under CPython (default Python
+Scrapy runs on Python 3.5.2 or above under CPython (default Python
 implementation) and PyPy (starting with PyPy 5.9).
 
 If you're using `Anaconda`_ or `Miniconda`_, you can install the package from
diff --git a/scrapy/__init__.py b/scrapy/__init__.py
index e791deaa6..f0259a9b7 100644
--- a/scrapy/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/__init__.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ twisted_version = (_txv.major, _txv.minor, _txv.micro)
 
 
 # Check minimum required Python version
-if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
-    print("Scrapy %s requires Python 3.5" % __version__)
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5, 2):
+    print("Scrapy %s requires Python 3.5.2" % __version__)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1b3c6771a..71dc3232d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.5',
+    python_requires='>=3.5.2',
     install_requires=[
         'Twisted>=17.9.0',
         'cryptography>=2.0',