diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 81f42aa9..eae180e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-bioblend==0.10.0
-ephemeris==0.8.0
+bioblend>=1.2.0
+ephemeris>=0.10.10
 pykwalify>=1.6.1
 PyYAML>=4.2b1