diff --git a/contrib/pylightning/requirements.txt b/contrib/pylightning/requirements.txt
index e5d9b8976..f30a5ad4c 100644
--- a/contrib/pylightning/requirements.txt
+++ b/contrib/pylightning/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pyln-client ~= 0.9.3
+pyln-client >= 0.9.3