diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc547915c..cd4bcef24 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "flufl.lock>=3.2,<4",
     "win-unicode-console>=0.5; sys_platform == 'win32'",
     "pywin32>=225; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-    "networkx~=2.5",
+    "networkx>=2.5",
     "psutil>=5.8.0",
     "pydot>=1.2.4",
     "speedcopy>=2.0.1; python_version < '3.8' and sys_platform == 'win32'",