diff --git a/pynars/utils/SparseLUT/__init__.py b/pynars/utils/SparseLUT/__init__.py
index 0a38481..f5aa6be 100644
--- a/pynars/utils/SparseLUT/__init__.py
+++ b/pynars/utils/SparseLUT/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import warnings
 
-from .sparse_lut import SparseLUT
+from sparse_lut import SparseLUT # Directly import as an outer module that can let PyNARS run in Python 3.11
 from typing import Any
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 165987d..57f868f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ sty>=1.0.0rc2
 tqdm<=3.1.4
 typing>=3.7.4.3
 typing_extensions>=4.0.1
-sparse-lut
+sparse-lut>=1.0.0