diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4bbe295..ec84854 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       packages=find_packages(exclude=['test*', 'docs*', 'examples*']),
       install_requires=['aenum>=2.0.10', 'grpcio>=1.9.1', 'grpcio-tools>=1.9.1', 'ojai-python-api>=1.1',
                         'python-dateutil>=2.6.1', 'retrying>=1.3.3', 'future>=0.16.0'],
-      python_requires='>=2.7.*',
+      python_requires='>=2.7.0',
       long_description='A simple, lightweight library that provides access to MapR-DB.'
                        ' The client library supports all existing OJAI functionality'
                        ' and is absolutely compatible with Java OJAI connector,'