diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90883dd1a5..e3e48d6a48 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = [
   "setuptools>=48.0.0",
   "cython",
   "numpy>=1.17.0",
-  "versioneer[toml]==0.28",
+  "versioneer[toml]>=0.28",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"