diff --git a/src/webpubsub/setup.py b/src/webpubsub/setup.py
index 7d0b6786e17..0429389e714 100644
--- a/src/webpubsub/setup.py
+++ b/src/webpubsub/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 # TODO: Add any additional SDK dependencies here
 DEPENDENCIES = [
-    'websockets~=8.1'
+    'websockets>=8.1'
 ]
 
 with open('README.rst', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: