diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fda7bbf7..41967f8b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-absl-py~=1.2.0
+absl-py>=1.2.0
 numpy~=1.23.0
 six~=1.14
 scipy