diff --git a/requirements/minimal.txt b/requirements/minimal.txt
index 0671e8debf5..d8016b4507c 100644
--- a/requirements/minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements/minimal.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ovos-utils~=0.0, >=0.0.26
 ovos-plugin-manager~=0.0, >=0.0.20
 ovos-config~=0.0,>=0.0.5
 python-dateutil~=2.6
-ovos-lingua-franca==0.4.6a1
+ovos-lingua-franca>=0.4.6a1
 ovos_backend_client~=0.0, >=0.0.5
 ovos_workshop~=0.0, >=0.0.10a1
 watchdog
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