diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9649c10..a6eb198 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools ~= 67.8", "setuptools_scm[toml] ~= 7.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 67.8", "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 7.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pyfatfs"
 description = "FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 implementation with VFAT support"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = "~=3.8"
-dependencies = ["fs~=2.4"]
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+dependencies = ["fs>=2.4"]
 keywords = ["filesystem", "PyFilesystem2", "FAT12", "FAT16", "FAT32", "VFAT", "LFN"]
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 classifiers = [