diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cab239772..388646c8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def localversion_func(version: ScmVersion) -> str:
             "pytest>=6.0.0",
             "pytest-mock>=3.6.0",
             "pytest-rerunfailures>=13.0",
-            "lm_eval==0.4.5",
+            "lm_eval>=0.4.5",
             # test dependencies
             "beautifulsoup4~=4.12.3",
             "cmarkgfm~=2024.1.14",