diff --git a/js/pyproject.toml b/js/pyproject.toml
index ba04c53f..491ef2ab 100644
--- a/js/pyproject.toml
+++ b/js/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["jupyter_packaging~=0.7.9", "jupyterlab~=3.0", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["jupyter_packaging>=0.7.9", "jupyterlab~=3.0", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca1a1d4e..a175fefb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["jupyter_packaging~=0.7.9", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel", "versioneer-518"]
+requires = ["jupyter_packaging>=0.7.9", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel", "versioneer-518"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"