diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5295986..7e78d27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "torch>=2.1.0",
     "diffusers~=0.28.2",
     "transformers~=4.44.2",
-    "sentencepiece~=0.1.96",
+    "sentencepiece>=0.1.96",
     "huggingface-hub~=0.25.2",
     "einops"
 ]