diff --git a/lib/api/Cargo.toml b/lib/api/Cargo.toml
index 04400640433..f84e559aff8 100644
--- a/lib/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ derivative = { version = "^2" }
 bytes = "1"
 tracing = { version = "0.1" }
 # - Optional shared dependencies.
-wat = { version = "=1.216.0", optional = true }
+wat = { version = "1.216.0", optional = true }
 rustc-demangle = "0.1"
 shared-buffer = { workspace = true }
 wasmi_c_api = { version = "0.38.0", package = "wasmi_c_api_impl", optional = true }