diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f2ef842..1d510a7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.8.8-dev0
+
+* fix: pdfminer-six dependencies
+
 ## 0.8.7
 
 * fix: add `password` for PDF
diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index a7781de8..db4b9cae 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ rapidfuzz
 pandas
 scipy
 pypdfium2
-pdfminer-six==20240706
\ No newline at end of file
+pdfminer-six>=20240706
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
index ba167b50..584832f5 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.7"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.8.8-dev0"  # pragma: no cover