diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 03c078e2..468556bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,14 +45,10 @@ jobs:
           - script: test
             python-version: "3.11"
             coverage-name: latest
-          - script: test
-            tf-version: tensorflow==2.4.4
-            python-version: "3.8"
-            coverage-name: oldest
           - script: test
             tf-version: tensorflow~=2.6.0
             python-version: "3.8"
-            coverage-name: tf-2.6
+            coverage-name: oldest
           - script: remote-docs
             tf-version: tensorflow==2.10
             python-version: "3.9"
diff --git a/.nengobones.yml b/.nengobones.yml
index 2abad0ec..fa43810b 100644
--- a/.nengobones.yml
+++ b/.nengobones.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ setup_py:
   install_req:
     - packaging>=20.9
     - scipy>=1.0.0
-    - tensorflow>=2.4.4
+    - tensorflow>=2.6.0
   tests_req:
     - pytest>=6.1.0
     - pytest-rng>=1.0.0
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ pyproject_toml: {}
 version_py:
   type: semver
   major: 0
-  minor: 7
-  patch: 1
+  minor: 8
+  patch: 0
   release: false
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b80be114..2425b457 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Release history
    - Removed
    - Fixed
 
-0.7.1 (unreleased)
+0.8.0 (unreleased)
 ==================
 
-*Compatible with TensorFlow 2.4 - 2.16*
+*Compatible with TensorFlow 2.6 - 2.16*
 
 0.7.0 (July 20, 2023)
 =====================
diff --git a/keras_lmu/layers.py b/keras_lmu/layers.py
index fdefe7fc..a835f71c 100644
--- a/keras_lmu/layers.py
+++ b/keras_lmu/layers.py
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=ungrouped-imports
 tf_version = version.parse(tf.__version__)
-if tf_version < version.parse("2.6.0rc0"):
-    from tensorflow.python.keras.layers.recurrent import DropoutRNNCellMixin
-elif tf_version < version.parse("2.9.0rc0"):
+if tf_version < version.parse("2.9.0rc0"):
     from keras.layers.recurrent import DropoutRNNCellMixin
 elif tf_version < version.parse("2.13.0rc0"):
     from keras.layers.rnn.dropout_rnn_cell_mixin import DropoutRNNCellMixin
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@
     from keras.layers import Layer as BaseRandomLayer
 
 
-@keras.utils.register_keras_serializable("keras-lmu")
+@tf.keras.utils.register_keras_serializable("keras-lmu")
 class LMUCell(
     DropoutRNNCellMixin, BaseRandomLayer
 ):  # pylint: disable=too-many-ancestors
@@ -158,7 +156,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.dropout = dropout
         self.recurrent_dropout = recurrent_dropout
         self.seed = seed
-        self.seed_generator = keras.random.SeedGenerator(seed)
+        if tf_version >= version.parse("2.16.0"):
+            self.seed_generator = keras.random.SeedGenerator(seed)
 
         self.kernel = None
         self.recurrent_kernel = None
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@ def from_config(cls, config):
         return super().from_config(config)
 
 
-@keras.utils.register_keras_serializable("keras-lmu")
+@tf.keras.utils.register_keras_serializable("keras-lmu")
 class LMU(keras.layers.Layer):  # pylint: disable=too-many-ancestors,abstract-method
     """
     A layer of trainable low-dimensional delay systems.
@@ -771,7 +770,7 @@ def from_config(cls, config):
         return super().from_config(config)
 
 
-@keras.utils.register_keras_serializable("keras-lmu")
+@tf.keras.utils.register_keras_serializable("keras-lmu")
 class LMUFeedforward(
     keras.layers.Layer
 ):  # pylint: disable=too-many-ancestors,abstract-method
diff --git a/keras_lmu/tests/conftest.py b/keras_lmu/tests/conftest.py
index 6a55797d..10362653 100644
--- a/keras_lmu/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/keras_lmu/tests/conftest.py
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 def pytest_configure(config):
     if version.parse(tf.__version__) >= version.parse("2.7.0"):
         tf.debugging.disable_traceback_filtering()
+    if version.parse(tf.__version__) >= version.parse("2.16.0"):
         keras.config.disable_traceback_filtering()
diff --git a/keras_lmu/tests/test_layers.py b/keras_lmu/tests/test_layers.py
index aaf3abe3..3e770969 100644
--- a/keras_lmu/tests/test_layers.py
+++ b/keras_lmu/tests/test_layers.py
@@ -205,9 +205,14 @@ def test_save_load_serialization(mode, tmp_path, trainable_theta, discretizer):
 
     model = keras.Model(inp, out)
 
-    model.save(tmp_path / "model.keras")
+    model_path = (
+        tmp_path
+        if version.parse(tf.__version__) < version.parse("2.16.0")
+        else tmp_path / "model.keras"
+    )
+    model.save(model_path)
 
-    model_load = keras.models.load_model(tmp_path / "model.keras")
+    model_load = keras.models.load_model(model_path)
 
     assert np.allclose(
         model.predict(np.ones((32, 10, 32))), model_load.predict(np.ones((32, 10, 32)))
@@ -512,7 +517,7 @@ def test_fit(feedforward, discretizer, trainable_theta):
     y_test = tf.ones((5, 1))
     model.compile(
         loss=keras.losses.SparseCategoricalCrossentropy(from_logits=True),
-        optimizer=keras.optimizers.Adam(),
+        optimizer="adam",
         metrics=["accuracy"],
     )
 
@@ -613,9 +618,7 @@ def test_theta_update(discretizer, trainable_theta, tmp_path):
     lmu = keras.layers.RNN(lmu_cell)(inputs)
     model = keras.Model(inputs=inputs, outputs=lmu)
 
-    model.compile(
-        loss=keras.losses.MeanSquaredError(), optimizer=keras.optimizers.Adam()
-    )
+    model.compile(loss=keras.losses.MeanSquaredError(), optimizer="adam")
 
     # make sure theta_inv is set correctly to initial value
     assert np.allclose(lmu_cell.theta_inv.numpy(), 1 / theta)
diff --git a/keras_lmu/version.py b/keras_lmu/version.py
index 78b13985..da17931c 100644
--- a/keras_lmu/version.py
+++ b/keras_lmu/version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 tagged with the version.
 """
 
-version_info = (0, 7, 1)
+version_info = (0, 8, 0)
 
 name = "keras-lmu"
 dev = 0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87268bfc..ac1b86b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
 install_req = [
     "packaging>=20.9",
     "scipy>=1.0.0",
-    "tensorflow>=2.4.4",
+    "tensorflow>=2.6.0",
 ]
 docs_req = [
     "matplotlib>=3.0.2,<3.4.3",