diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index deb46986..1a81def1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ setup(
         'logstats==0.2.1',
         'base58==0.2.2',
         'flask==0.10.1',
-        'requests==2.9',
+        'requests~=2.9',
         'gunicorn~=19.0',
         'multipipes~=0.1.0',
     ],