diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f64e706c39..a533821dea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
     "protobuf>=3.12.2,<=3.20.3",
     "click>=7.1.2,!=8.0.0",  # latest version < 8.0 + blocked version with reported bug
 ]
-_nm_deps = [f"{'sparsezoo' if is_release else 'sparsezoo-nightly'}>={1.7.0}"]
+_nm_deps = [f"{'sparsezoo' if is_release else 'sparsezoo-nightly'}>=1.7.0"]
 _deepsparse_deps = [
-    f"{'deepsparse' if is_release else 'deepsparse-nightly'}>={1.7.0}"
+    f"{'deepsparse' if is_release else 'deepsparse-nightly'}>=1.7.0"
 ]
-_deepsparse_ent_deps = [f"deepsparse-ent>={1.7.0}"]
+_deepsparse_ent_deps = ["deepsparse-ent>=1.7.0"]
 
 _onnxruntime_deps = ["onnxruntime>=1.0.0"]
 _clip_deps = ["open_clip_torch==2.20.0"]