diff --git a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index 839a243..0a32c43 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 -r requirements-test.txt
-black==22.3.0
-mypy==0.960
-isort==5.10.1
-pylint==2.14.0
-pylama==8.3.8
-types-pkg-resources==0.1.3
-types-setuptools==57.4.17
-types-emoji==1.7.0
+black>=22.3.0
+mypy>=0.960
+isort>=5.10.1
+pylama>=8.3.8
+types-pkg-resources>=0.1.3
+types-setuptools>=57.4.17
+types-emoji>=1.7.0
+pylint==2.13.9
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-test.txt b/requirements/requirements-test.txt
index d00689e..ee9ff34 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.1.2
+pytest>=7.1.2
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 97cd050..f68ac00 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-deltachat==1.79.0
-urwid==2.1.2
-urwid-readline==0.13
-notify-py==0.3.3
-emoji==1.7.0
+deltachat>=1.79.0
+urwid>=2.1.2
+urwid-readline>=0.13
+notify-py>=0.3.3
+emoji>=1.7.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index db56136..9b11c3b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def load_requirements(path: str) -> list:
                 filename = line.split(maxsplit=1)[1]
                 requirements.extend(load_requirements(os.path.join(dirname, filename)))
             elif line and not line.startswith("#"):
-                requirements.append(line.replace("==", ">="))
+                requirements.append(line)
         return requirements