diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0b1c52..9df870b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### [2.0.1] - 2023-11-02
+#### Fixed
+- fix version requirement for rapidfuzz
+
 ### [2.0.0] - 2023-11-01
 #### Changed
 - use rapidfuzz to deduplicate the implementations
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cf518ae..717355a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = jarowinkler
-version = 2.0.0
+version = 2.0.1
 description = library for fast approximate string matching using Jaro and Jaro-Winkler similarity
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ keywords = string, comparison, edit-distance
 packages = jarowinkler
 python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
-    rapidfuzz <= 3.5.1, < 4.0.0
+    rapidfuzz >= 3.5.2, < 4.0.0
 
 [options.package_data]
 * = *.pyi, py.typed
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