diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fcb3f9b52d0223fef4318d967b89c3bc194c5f1e..b2b8c02db6c56a5899426d9e8363f1944551287c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with open("requirements.txt", "r") as f:
     requirements = [
         req.strip()
         for req in f.readlines()
-        if not req.startswith("#") and req.__contains__("==")
+        if not req.startswith("#") and req.__contains__("~=")
     ]
     
 setuptools.setup(