diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0d0368d..5c1564ee 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             external_dependencies.append(dependency)
 
 
-setup_requires = ['numpy==1.20.*']
+setup_requires = ['numpy>=1.20.0']
 setup(
     name='whitematteranalysis',
     version='0.3.0',