diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5342906a..aa6a1a8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         'jupyter_client>=4.1',
         'pygments',
         'ipykernel>=4.1', # not a real dependency, but require the reference kernel
-        'qtpy>=2.0.1',
+        'qtpy>=2.4.0',
         'pyzmq>=17.1',
         'packaging'
     ],