diff --git a/zbus_macros/Cargo.toml b/zbus_macros/Cargo.toml
index 47c59ec6c..f584a6317 100644
--- a/zbus_macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zbus_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ syn = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["extra-traits", "fold", "full"] }
 quote = "1.0.21"
 proc-macro-crate = "1.2.1"
 regex = "1.6.0"
-zvariant_utils = { path = "../zvariant_utils", version = "=1.0.1" }
+zvariant_utils = { path = "../zvariant_utils", version = "1.0.1" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 zbus = { path = "../zbus" }
diff --git a/zvariant_derive/Cargo.toml b/zvariant_derive/Cargo.toml
index 88f0d7178..1f716c342 100644
--- a/zvariant_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zvariant_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 syn = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["extra-traits", "full"] }
 quote = "1.0.21"
 proc-macro-crate = "1.2.1"
-zvariant_utils = { path = "../zvariant_utils", version = "=1.0.1" }
+zvariant_utils = { path = "../zvariant_utils", version = "1.0.1" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.4.3"