diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0df7462..e19d25a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def run(self):
       packages=find_packages(),
       cmdclass={'install': InstallWithKernelspec},
       package_data={'': ['*.js', '*.md', '*.yaml', '*.css'], 'sas_kernel': ['data/*.json', 'data/*.png']},
-      install_requires=['saspy>=3', "metakernel>=0.24.0", "jupyter_client >=4.4.0",
+      install_requires=['saspy>=3', "metakernel>=0.27.0", "jupyter_client >=4.4.0",
                         "ipython>=5.0.0"
                         ],
       classifiers=['Framework :: IPython',