diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e8f7368..f10f195c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "numpy == 1.19.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "numpy<1.19.0"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6aae2f92..2f955e9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -119,28 +119,28 @@ setup(
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence"],
     python_requires=">=3.6,<3.8",
     setup_requires=[
-        "numpy==1.19.1",
+        "numpy<1.19.0",
     ],
     install_requires=[
         # TODO: use a helper function to collect these
-        "numpy==1.19.1",
-        "torch==1.6.0",
-        "holidays==0.10.3",
-        "pyaml==20.4.0",
-        "redis==3.5.3",
-        "pyzmq==19.0.2",
-        "requests==2.25.1",
-        "psutil==5.7.2",
-        "deepdiff==5.2.2",
-        "azure-storage-blob==12.6.0",
-        "azure-storage-common==2.1.0",
-        "geopy==2.0.0",
-        "pandas==0.25.3",
-        "PyYAML==5.4",
-        "paramiko==2.7.2",
-        "kubernetes==12.0.1",
-        "prompt_toolkit==2.0.10",
-        "stringcase==1.2.0"
+        "numpy<1.19.0",
+        "torch<1.8.0",
+        "holidays>=0.10.3",
+        "pyaml>=20.4.0",
+        "redis>=3.5.3",
+        "pyzmq<22.1.0",
+        "requests<=2.26.0",
+        "psutil<5.9.0",
+        "deepdiff>=5.2.2",
+        "azure-storage-blob<12.9.0",
+        "azure-storage-common>=2.1.0",
+        "geopy>=2.0.0",
+        "pandas<1.2",
+        "PyYAML<5.5.0",
+        "paramiko>=2.7.2",
+        "kubernetes>=12.0.1",
+        "prompt_toolkit<3.1.0",
+        "stringcase>=1.2.0",
     ],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
diff --git a/tests/requirements.test.txt b/tests/requirements.test.txt
index 72959d5d..b3f9c1a6 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.test.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.test.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-matplotlib==3.1.2
+matplotlib>=3.1.2
 geopy
-pandas
-numpy==1.19.1
-holidays
-pyaml
-redis
-pyzmq
+pandas<1.2
+numpy<1.19.0
+holidays>=0.10.3
+pyaml>=20.4.0
+redis>=3.5.3
+pyzmq<22.1.0
 influxdb
-requests
-psutil
-deepdiff
-azure-storage-blob
-azure-storage-common
-torch
+requests<=2.26.0
+psutil<5.9.0
+deepdiff>=5.2.2
+azure-storage-blob<12.9.0
+azure-storage-common>=2.1.0
+torch<1.8.0
 pytest
 coverage
 termgraph
-paramiko==2.7.2
+paramiko>=2.7.2
 pytz==2019.3
 aria2p==0.9.1
-kubernetes
+kubernetes>=12.0.1
+PyYAML<5.5.0
+