diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83962b21b..6c219a9dc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ typer==0.9.0
 lancedb==0.4.0
 loguru==0.6.0
 meilisearch==0.21.0
-numpy==1.24.3
-openai==1.6.1
+numpy>=1.24.3
+openai>=1.6.1
 openpyxl
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
 pandas==2.1.1
-pydantic==2.5.3
+pydantic>=2.5.3
 #pygame==2.1.3
 #pymilvus==2.2.8
 # pytest==7.2.2 # test extras require
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.9.0
 socksio~=1.0.0
 gitignore-parser==0.1.9
 # connexion[uvicorn]~=3.0.5 # Used by metagpt/tools/openapi_v3_hello.py
-websockets~=11.0
+websockets>=10.0,<12.0
 networkx~=3.2.1
 google-generativeai==0.4.1
 playwright>=1.26  # used at metagpt/tools/libs/web_scraping.py