diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 82e34e2..5029074 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    biopython>=1.78,<=1.81
-    bcbio-gff>=0.7.0
+    biopython>=1.81
+    bcbio-gff>=0.7.1
     requests>=2.26.0
     schema>=0.7.4
 tests_require =