diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a3fb2707c3..01810aa5c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _init_submodule():
 
 pytorch_package_dep = "torch"
 if pytorch_package_version is not None:
-    pytorch_package_dep += "==" + pytorch_package_version
+    pytorch_package_dep += ">=" + pytorch_package_version
 
 
 class clean(distutils.command.clean.clean):