diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20a4993..c2d96f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=[
         "Click>=6.2",
-        "protobuf~=3.6",
+        "protobuf>=3.6",
         "requests>=2"
     ],
     license=about["__license__"],