diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 907aa4d65209b436230f0aeecb9471b6aa387996..fbe35f0abffeaa435f72d9f54033514a5f1d0446 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install_requires =
     statsmodels
     tqdm
     umap-learn
-python_requires >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.8
 include_package_data = True
 
 [options.entry_points]