diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37a2745a0..6d1a6c9a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
         "Programming Language :: Python",
     ],
     install_requires=["astropy>=4.0", "numpy", "scipy", "healpy"],
-    python_requires=">" + str(required_py_version),
+    python_requires=">=" + str(required_py_version),
 )