diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d2d3570..6c82af7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
 setup(
     name='twython',
     version=__version__,
-    install_requires=['requests==2.1.0', 'requests_oauthlib==0.4.0'],
+    install_requires=['requests>=2.1.0', 'requests_oauthlib>=0.4.0'],
     author='Ryan McGrath',
     author_email='ryan@venodesigns.net',
     license=open('LICENSE').read(),