diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5bc9b956f..ec394a2e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def run_setup(exts):
                       "spacy.syntax": ["*.pxd"]},
         ext_modules=exts,
         license="MIT",
-        install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash', 'cymem >= 1.11', 'preshed == 0.41',
+        install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash', 'cymem >= 1.11', 'preshed >= 0.41',
                           'thinc == 3.3', "text_unidecode", 'wget', 'plac', 'six',
                           'ujson'],
         setup_requires=["headers_workaround"],