diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9cb7937..36c01c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ classifiers = [
 # nothing means "this specific release"
 #          3.10.1  →  == 3.10.1
 
-python = "~3.10"
+python = "^3.10"
 pymongo = "^4.3.3"
 nltk = "^3.8.1"
 cfig = {extras = ["cli"], version = "^0.3.0"}