diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f35f4c6..bdc3798 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,27 +9,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-        - os: ubuntu-18.04
-          python-version: 2.7
-          env:
-            TOXENV: py27
-        - os: ubuntu-18.04
-          python-version: 3.4
-          env:
-            TOXENV: py
-        - os: ubuntu-18.04
-          python-version: 3.5
-          env:
-            TOXENV: py35
-        - python-version: 3.6
-          env:
-            TOXENV: py
-        - python-version: 3.7
-          env:
-            TOXENV: py
-        - python-version: 3.8
-          env:
-            TOXENV: py
+        - python-version: '3.7'
+        - python-version: '3.8'
+        - python-version: '3.9'
+        - python-version: '3.10'
+        - python-version: '3.11'
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -44,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Run tests
-      env: ${{ matrix.env }}
+      env:
+        TOXENV: py
       run: |
         pip install -U tox
         SPLASH_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8050 tox
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3daeca7..86e0a45 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.9.0 (to be released)
+----------------------
+
+* Removed official support for Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6, and added official
+  support for Python 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11.
+
+* Deprecated ``SplashJsonResponse.body_as_unicode()``, to be replaced by
+  ``SplashJsonResponse.text``.
+
+* Removed calls to obsolete ``to_native_str``, removed in Scrapy 2.8.
+
 0.8.0 (2021-10-05)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 94a8f82..a40f579 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ Run a simple `Splash Lua Script`_::
 
         # ...
         def parse_result(self, response):
-            doc_title = response.body_as_unicode()
+            doc_title = response.text
             # ...
 
 
diff --git a/scrapy_splash/request.py b/scrapy_splash/request.py
index 0af10e9..878979c 100644
--- a/scrapy_splash/request.py
+++ b/scrapy_splash/request.py
@@ -90,13 +90,11 @@ def _original_url(self):
     def _original_method(self):
         return self._splash_args.get('http_method', 'GET')
 
-    def __str__(self):
+    def __repr__(self):
         if not self._processed:
-            return super(SplashRequest, self).__str__()
+            return super().__repr__()
         return "<%s %s via %s>" % (self._original_method, self._original_url, self.url)
 
-    __repr__ = __str__
-
 
 class SplashFormRequest(SplashRequest, FormRequest):
     """
diff --git a/scrapy_splash/response.py b/scrapy_splash/response.py
index e5250c2..15f0345 100644
--- a/scrapy_splash/response.py
+++ b/scrapy_splash/response.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import json
 import base64
 import re
+from warnings import warn
 
 from scrapy.http import Response, TextResponse
 from scrapy import Selector
@@ -129,6 +130,14 @@ def text(self):
         return self._ubody
 
     def body_as_unicode(self):
+        warn(
+            (
+                "The body_as_unicode() method is deprecated, use the text "
+                "property instead."
+            ),
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
         return self._ubody
 
     @property
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e330d33..8aefcc6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='scrapy-splash',
-    version='0.7.2',
+    version='0.8.0',
     url='https://github.com/scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash',
     description='JavaScript support for Scrapy using Splash',
     long_description=open('README.rst').read() + "\n\n" + open("CHANGES.rst").read(),
diff --git a/tests/test_fingerprints.py b/tests/test_fingerprints.py
index 7051f31..309e48a 100644
--- a/tests/test_fingerprints.py
+++ b/tests/test_fingerprints.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 import scrapy
-from scrapy.dupefilters import request_fingerprint
+from scrapy.utils.request import request_fingerprint
 
 from scrapy_splash import SplashRequest
 from scrapy_splash.dupefilter import splash_request_fingerprint
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 8ca28b3..f5c1072 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def test_access_http_auth(settings):
     items, url, crawler = yield crawl_items(LuaSpider, HelloWorldProtected,
                                             settings, kwargs)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ def test_protected_splash_no_auth(settings_auth):
     items, url, crawler = yield crawl_items(LuaSpider, HelloWorld,
                                             settings_auth)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'Unauthorized' in response.body_as_unicode()
-    assert 'hello' not in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'Unauthorized' in response.text
+    assert 'hello' not in response.text
     assert response.status == 401
     assert response.splash_response_status == 401
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def test_protected_splash_manual_headers_auth(settings_auth):
     items, url, crawler = yield crawl_items(LuaSpider, HelloWorld,
                                             settings_auth, kwargs)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def test_protected_splash_manual_headers_auth(settings_auth):
     items, url, crawler = yield crawl_items(LuaSpider, HelloWorldProtected,
                                             settings_auth, kwargs)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'hello' not in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' not in response.text
     assert response.status == 401
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ def test_protected_splash_settings_auth(settings_auth):
     items, url, crawler = yield crawl_items(LuaSpider, HelloWorld,
                                             settings_auth)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'Unauthorized' not in response.body_as_unicode()
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'Unauthorized' not in response.text
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ def test_protected_splash_settings_auth(settings_auth):
     response = assert_single_response(items)
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
 
     # enable remote auth, but not splash auth - request should fail
     del settings_auth['SPLASH_USER']
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ def test_protected_splash_httpauth_middleware(settings_auth):
     items, url, crawler = yield crawl_items(ScrapyAuthSpider, HelloWorld,
                                             settings_auth)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'Unauthorized' not in response.body_as_unicode()
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'Unauthorized' not in response.text
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def test_protected_splash_httpauth_middleware(settings_auth):
                                             HelloWorldProtected,
                                             settings_auth)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'hello' not in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' not in response.text
     assert response.status == 401
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def test_protected_splash_httpauth_middleware(settings_auth):
                                             HelloWorldDisallowAuth,
                                             settings_auth)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.splash_response_status == 200
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def test_protected_splash_httpauth_middleware(settings_auth):
                                             HelloWorldProtected,
                                             settings_auth)
     response = assert_single_response(items)
-    assert 'hello' in response.body_as_unicode()
+    assert 'hello' in response.text
     assert response.status == 200
     assert not hasattr(response, 'splash_response_status')
 
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 777aa54..193bcd0 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def cb():
     assert response2.url == req.meta['splash']['args']['url']
     assert response2.data == res
     assert response2.body == res_body.encode('utf8')
-    assert response2.text == response2.body_as_unicode() == res_body
+    assert response2.text == response2.text == res_body
     assert response2.encoding == 'utf8'
     assert response2.headers == {b'Content-Type': [b'application/json']}
     assert response2.splash_response_headers == response2.headers
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5f00eda..8fbd3e2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # and then run "tox" from this directory.
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py27,py34,py35,py36,py37,py38
+envlist = py37,py38,py39,py310,py311
 
 [common]
 deps =
@@ -24,15 +24,3 @@ deps =
 commands =
     pip install -e .
     py.test --doctest-modules --cov=scrapy_splash {posargs:scrapy_splash tests}
-
-[testenv:py27]
-deps =
-    {[common]deps}
-    queuelib < 1.6.0
-    scrapy < 2
-
-[testenv:py35]
-deps =
-    {[common]deps}
-    # https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/pull/4094#issuecomment-704092404
-    scrapy < 2