diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6d72e6de..15eefefa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
         type: choice
         options:
         - WARNING
-        - DEBUG  
+        - DEBUG
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-2022, windows-2019, ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
     env:
       BW_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.BW_ACCOUNT_ID }}
       BW_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BW_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/bandwidth/model/bxml/__init__.py b/bandwidth/model/bxml/__init__.py
index a9b3480d..4fc2e598 100644
--- a/bandwidth/model/bxml/__init__.py
+++ b/bandwidth/model/bxml/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-from . import response
-from . import bxml
+from .response import Response
+from .bxml import Bxml
 from . import verbs
diff --git a/bandwidth/model/bxml/root.py b/bandwidth/model/bxml/root.py
index 0ed28585..dd5e46ed 100644
--- a/bandwidth/model/bxml/root.py
+++ b/bandwidth/model/bxml/root.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __len__(self) -> int:
             int: Length of self._nested_verbs
         """
         return len(self._nested_verbs)
-    
+
     def __getitem__(self, position: int) -> Verb:
         """Override default getitem method. Makes the object iterable.
 
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ def __getitem__(self, position: int) -> Verb:
             position (int): Desired self._nested_verbs list position
 
         Returns:
-            BxmlVerb: Desired BXML verb 
+            BxmlVerb: Desired BXML verb
         """
         return self._nested_verbs[position]
-    
+
     def _generate_xml(self) -> ET.Element:
         """Generates an XML dom
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _generate_xml(self) -> ET.Element:
                 root.append(verb._to_etree_element())
         dom = ET.ElementTree(root)
         return dom
-    
+
     def add_verb(self, verb: Verb) -> None:
         """Add a verb to the object's nested_verbs array
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def add_verb(self, verb: Verb) -> None:
             verb (BxmlVerb): BXML verb to nest within the parent. Becomes a child xml element.
         """
         self._nested_verbs.append(verb)
-    
+
     def to_bxml(self) -> str:
         """Return the serialized BXML string
 
@@ -74,5 +74,4 @@ def to_bxml(self) -> str:
             str: Serialized BXML string
         """
         xml_document = self._generate_xml()
-        return ET.tostring(xml_document._root, encoding='utf8', method='xml').decode("utf8")
-
+        return ET.tostring(xml_document._root, encoding='UTF-8', method='xml', xml_declaration=True).decode("utf8")
diff --git a/bandwidth/model/bxml/verbs/conference.py b/bandwidth/model/bxml/verbs/conference.py
index eb722b7d..9fbac54c 100644
--- a/bandwidth/model/bxml/verbs/conference.py
+++ b/bandwidth/model/bxml/verbs/conference.py
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ def __init__(
         self.tag = tag
         self.callback_timeout = callback_timeout
         super().__init__(
-            tag="Conference",
-            content=self.name
+            tag="Conference"
         )
 
     @property
     def _attributes(self):
         return {
+            "name": self.name,
             "mute": self.mute,
             "hold": self.hold,
             "callIdsToCoach": self.call_ids_to_coach,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ffec57da..2eecca34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 REQUIRES = [
   "urllib3 >= 1.25.3",
   "python-dateutil",
-  "lxml>=4.9.1",
 ]
 
 setup(
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_base_classes.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_base_classes.py
index 4457a5ad..d7f67ba4 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_base_classes.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_base_classes.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_root(self):
         self.root.add_verb(self.verb1)
         self.root.add_verb(self.verb2)
 
-        expected_bxml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf8'?>\n<TestRoot><TestVerb1>test</TestVerb1><TestVerb2 /></TestRoot>"
+        expected_bxml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n<TestRoot><TestVerb1>test</TestVerb1><TestVerb2 /></TestRoot>"
         assert(type(self.root[0]) == Verb)
         assert(len(self.root) == 2)
         assert(expected_bxml == self.root.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_bridge.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_bridge.py
index 649dd50a..493c9f88 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_bridge.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_bridge.py
@@ -24,8 +24,5 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Bridge bridgeCompleteUrl="https://example.com" tag="test">+19198675309</Bridge>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Bridge bridgeCompleteUrl="https://example.com" tag="test">+19198675309</Bridge>'
+        expected = '<Bridge bridgeCompleteUrl="https://example.com" tag="test">+19198675309</Bridge>'
         assert(expected == self.bridge.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_bxml.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_bxml.py
index 47dcecff..748a4f30 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_bxml.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_bxml.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class TestBxml(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.response = Bxml()
 
-    def test_response_init(self):
+    def test_bxml_init(self):
         """Test initializing the <Bxml> root
         """
-        expected_bxml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf8'?>\n<Bxml />"
+        expected_bxml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n<Bxml />"
         assert self.response.to_bxml() == expected_bxml
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_conference.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_conference.py
index e2fceca7..58718b94 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_conference.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_conference.py
@@ -34,8 +34,5 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Conference callIdsToCoach="example-call-id" callbackTimeout="5" conferenceEventFallbackMethod="POST" conferenceEventFallbackUrl="backupexample.com/eventurl" conferenceEventMethod="POST" conferenceEventUrl="example.com/eventurl" fallbackPassword="pass" fallbackUsername="user" hold="false" mute="true" password="pass" tag="tag" username="user">conf1</Conference>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Conference mute="true" hold="false" callIdsToCoach="example-call-id" conferenceEventUrl="example.com/eventurl" conferenceEventMethod="POST" conferenceEventFallbackUrl="backupexample.com/eventurl" conferenceEventFallbackMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass" fallbackUsername="user" fallbackPassword="pass" tag="tag" callbackTimeout="5">conf1</Conference>'
+        expected = '<Conference name="conf1" mute="true" hold="false" callIdsToCoach="example-call-id" conferenceEventUrl="example.com/eventurl" conferenceEventMethod="POST" conferenceEventFallbackUrl="backupexample.com/eventurl" conferenceEventFallbackMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass" fallbackUsername="user" fallbackPassword="pass" tag="tag" callbackTimeout="5" />'
         assert(expected == self.conference.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_forward.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_forward.py
index 4d78dc7f..99589bf7 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_forward.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_forward.py
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
-
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Forward _from="19195554322" callTimeout="15" diversionReason="away" diversionTreatment="propagate" to="19195554321" uui="93d6f3c0be5845960b744fa28015d8ede84bd1a4;encoding=base64,asdf;encoding=jwt" />'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Forward to="19195554321" _from="19195554322" callTimeout="15" diversionTreatment="propagate" diversionReason="away" uui="93d6f3c0be5845960b744fa28015d8ede84bd1a4;encoding=base64,asdf;encoding=jwt" />'
+        expected = '<Forward to="19195554321" _from="19195554322" callTimeout="15" diversionTreatment="propagate" diversionReason="away" uui="93d6f3c0be5845960b744fa28015d8ede84bd1a4;encoding=base64,asdf;encoding=jwt" />'
         assert(expected == self.forward.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_gather.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_gather.py
index 25fa2e00..0ab939f9 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_gather.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_gather.py
@@ -44,16 +44,10 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Gather fallbackPassword="pass" fallbackUsername="user" firstDigitTimeout="3" gatherFallbackMethod="GET" gatherFallbackUrl="fallback-test.com" gatherMethod="POST" gatherUrl="test.com" interDigitTimeout="1" maxDigits="5" password="pass" repeatCount="2" tag="tag" terminatingDigits="2" username="user"><PlayAudio password="pass" username="user">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio></Gather>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Gather gatherUrl="test.com" gatherMethod="POST" gatherFallbackUrl="fallback-test.com" gatherFallbackMethod="GET" username="user" password="pass" fallbackUsername="user" fallbackPassword="pass" tag="tag" terminatingDigits="2" maxDigits="5" interDigitTimeout="1" firstDigitTimeout="3" repeatCount="2"><PlayAudio username="user" password="pass">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio></Gather>'
+        expected = '<Gather gatherUrl="test.com" gatherMethod="POST" gatherFallbackUrl="fallback-test.com" gatherFallbackMethod="GET" username="user" password="pass" fallbackUsername="user" fallbackPassword="pass" tag="tag" terminatingDigits="2" maxDigits="5" interDigitTimeout="1" firstDigitTimeout="3" repeatCount="2"><PlayAudio username="user" password="pass">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio></Gather>'
         assert(expected == self.gather.to_bxml())
 
     def test_add_verb(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Gather fallbackPassword="pass" fallbackUsername="user" firstDigitTimeout="3" gatherFallbackMethod="GET" gatherFallbackUrl="fallback-test.com" gatherMethod="POST" gatherUrl="test.com" interDigitTimeout="1" maxDigits="5" password="pass" repeatCount="2" tag="tag" terminatingDigits="2" username="user"><PlayAudio password="pass" username="user">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio><SpeakSentence>Hello. Your number is &lt;say-as interpret-as="telephone"&gt;asdf&lt;/say-as&gt;, lets play a game. What is 10 + 3. Press the pound key when finished.</SpeakSentence></Gather>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Gather gatherUrl="test.com" gatherMethod="POST" gatherFallbackUrl="fallback-test.com" gatherFallbackMethod="GET" username="user" password="pass" fallbackUsername="user" fallbackPassword="pass" tag="tag" terminatingDigits="2" maxDigits="5" interDigitTimeout="1" firstDigitTimeout="3" repeatCount="2"><PlayAudio username="user" password="pass">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio><SpeakSentence>Hello. Your number is &lt;say-as interpret-as="telephone"&gt;asdf&lt;/say-as&gt;, lets play a game. What is 10 + 3. Press the pound key when finished.</SpeakSentence></Gather>'
+        expected = '<Gather gatherUrl="test.com" gatherMethod="POST" gatherFallbackUrl="fallback-test.com" gatherFallbackMethod="GET" username="user" password="pass" fallbackUsername="user" fallbackPassword="pass" tag="tag" terminatingDigits="2" maxDigits="5" interDigitTimeout="1" firstDigitTimeout="3" repeatCount="2"><PlayAudio username="user" password="pass">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio><SpeakSentence>Hello. Your number is &lt;say-as interpret-as="telephone"&gt;asdf&lt;/say-as&gt;, lets play a game. What is 10 + 3. Press the pound key when finished.</SpeakSentence></Gather>'
         self.gather.add_verb(self.speak_sentence)
         assert(expected == self.gather.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_phone_number.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_phone_number.py
index f5f47d54..16db660b 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_phone_number.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_phone_number.py
@@ -24,9 +24,5 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<PhoneNumber tag="" transferAnswerMethod="POST" transferAnswerUrl="https://example.com/webhooks/transfer_answer">+19195551234</PhoneNumber>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<PhoneNumber transferAnswerUrl="https://example.com/webhooks/transfer_answer" transferAnswerMethod="POST" tag="">+19195551234</PhoneNumber>'
-
+        expected = '<PhoneNumber transferAnswerUrl="https://example.com/webhooks/transfer_answer" transferAnswerMethod="POST" tag="">+19195551234</PhoneNumber>'
         assert(expected == self.phone_number.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_play_audio.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_play_audio.py
index 9571deb6..ca195c50 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_play_audio.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_play_audio.py
@@ -23,8 +23,5 @@ def setUp(self):
 
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<PlayAudio password="pass" username="user">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<PlayAudio username="user" password="pass">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio>'
+        expected = '<PlayAudio username="user" password="pass">https://audio.url/audio1.wav</PlayAudio>'
         assert(expected == self.play_audio.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_response.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_response.py
index 552eb3d4..218c2cc5 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_response.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_response.py
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_response_init(self):
         """Test initializing the <Response> root
         """
-        expected_bxml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf8'?>\n<Response />"
+        expected_bxml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n<Response />"
         assert self.response.to_bxml() == expected_bxml
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_ring.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_ring.py
index 38ad51e5..1358b878 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_ring.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_ring.py
@@ -22,9 +22,5 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Ring answerCall="True" duration="30" />'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Ring duration="30" answerCall="True" />'
-
+        expected = '<Ring duration="30" answerCall="True" />'
         assert(expected == self.ring.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_sip_uri.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_sip_uri.py
index b6cf839a..d5409638 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_sip_uri.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_sip_uri.py
@@ -25,8 +25,5 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<SipUri tag="test" transferAnswerMethod="POST" transferAnswerUrl="https://example.com/webhooks/transfer_answer" uui="abc123">sip:1-999-123-4567@voip-provider.example.net</SipUri>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<SipUri uui="abc123" transferAnswerUrl="https://example.com/webhooks/transfer_answer" transferAnswerMethod="POST" tag="test">sip:1-999-123-4567@voip-provider.example.net</SipUri>'
+        expected = '<SipUri uui="abc123" transferAnswerUrl="https://example.com/webhooks/transfer_answer" transferAnswerMethod="POST" tag="test">sip:1-999-123-4567@voip-provider.example.net</SipUri>'
         assert(expected == self.sip_uri.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_start_gather.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_start_gather.py
index 589bd31a..2cef1c7e 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_start_gather.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_start_gather.py
@@ -25,9 +25,5 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.test_verb = Verb(tag="test")
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<StartGather dtmfMethod="POST" dtmfUrl="https://example.com/startgather" password="pass" tag="tag" username="user" />'
-        else:
-            expected = '<StartGather dtmfUrl="https://example.com/startgather" dtmfMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass" tag="tag" />'
-
+        expected = '<StartGather dtmfUrl="https://example.com/startgather" dtmfMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass" tag="tag" />'
         assert(expected == self.start_gather.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_start_recording.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_start_recording.py
index ac3f95ac..88e2bd4d 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_start_recording.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_start_recording.py
@@ -31,9 +31,5 @@ def setUp(self):
 
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<StartRecording fileFormat="wav" multiChannel="True" password="pass" recordingAvailableMethod="POST" recordingAvailableUrl="example.com" tag="tag" transcribe="True" transcriptionAvailableMethod="POST" transcriptionAvailableUrl="transcription-example.com" username="user" />'
-        else:
-            expected = '<StartRecording recordingAvailableUrl="example.com" recordingAvailableMethod="POST" transcribe="True" transcriptionAvailableUrl="transcription-example.com" transcriptionAvailableMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass" tag="tag" fileFormat="wav" multiChannel="True" />'
-
+        expected = '<StartRecording recordingAvailableUrl="example.com" recordingAvailableMethod="POST" transcribe="True" transcriptionAvailableUrl="transcription-example.com" transcriptionAvailableMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass" tag="tag" fileFormat="wav" multiChannel="True" />'
         assert(expected == self.start_recording.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_start_stream.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_start_stream.py
index 97e0518f..758ba0e5 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_start_stream.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_start_stream.py
@@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<StartStream destination="testurl.com" name="stream1" password="pass" streamEventMethod="POST" streamEventUrl="eventurl.com" tracks="inbound" username="user"><StreamParam name="name1" value="value1" /></StartStream>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<StartStream destination="testurl.com" name="stream1" tracks="inbound" streamEventUrl="eventurl.com" streamEventMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass"><StreamParam name="name1" value="value1" /></StartStream>'
+        expected = '<StartStream destination="testurl.com" name="stream1" tracks="inbound" streamEventUrl="eventurl.com" streamEventMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass"><StreamParam name="name1" value="value1" /></StartStream>'
         assert(expected == self.start_stream.to_bxml())
 
     def test_add_verb(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<StartStream destination="testurl.com" name="stream1" password="pass" streamEventMethod="POST" streamEventUrl="eventurl.com" tracks="inbound" username="user"><StreamParam name="name1" value="value1" /><StreamParam name="name2" value="value2" /></StartStream>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<StartStream destination="testurl.com" name="stream1" tracks="inbound" streamEventUrl="eventurl.com" streamEventMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass"><StreamParam name="name1" value="value1" /><StreamParam name="name2" value="value2" /></StartStream>'
+        expected = '<StartStream destination="testurl.com" name="stream1" tracks="inbound" streamEventUrl="eventurl.com" streamEventMethod="POST" username="user" password="pass"><StreamParam name="name1" value="value1" /><StreamParam name="name2" value="value2" /></StartStream>'
         self.start_stream.add_verb(self.stream_param2)
         assert(expected == self.start_stream.to_bxml())
diff --git a/test/unit/bxml/test_transfer.py b/test/unit/bxml/test_transfer.py
index bbda0f96..80949935 100644
--- a/test/unit/bxml/test_transfer.py
+++ b/test/unit/bxml/test_transfer.py
@@ -32,16 +32,10 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
 
     def test_to_bxml(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Transfer callTimeout="15" tag="test" transferCallerId="+19195554321"><SipUri uui="test">sip@bw.com</SipUri></Transfer>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Transfer transferCallerId="+19195554321" callTimeout="15" tag="test"><SipUri uui="test">sip@bw.com</SipUri></Transfer>'
+        expected = '<Transfer transferCallerId="+19195554321" callTimeout="15" tag="test"><SipUri uui="test">sip@bw.com</SipUri></Transfer>'
         assert(expected == self.transfer.to_bxml())
 
     def test_add_verb(self):
-        if os.environ['PYTHON_VERSION'] == '3.7':
-            expected = '<Transfer callTimeout="15" tag="test" transferCallerId="+19195554321"><SipUri uui="test">sip@bw.com</SipUri><PhoneNumber tag="test">+19195551234</PhoneNumber></Transfer>'
-        else:
-            expected = '<Transfer transferCallerId="+19195554321" callTimeout="15" tag="test"><SipUri uui="test">sip@bw.com</SipUri><PhoneNumber tag="test">+19195551234</PhoneNumber></Transfer>'
+        expected = '<Transfer transferCallerId="+19195554321" callTimeout="15" tag="test"><SipUri uui="test">sip@bw.com</SipUri><PhoneNumber tag="test">+19195551234</PhoneNumber></Transfer>'
         self.transfer.add_transfer_recipient(self.phone_number)
         assert(expected == self.transfer.to_bxml())