diff --git a/ml-agents/setup.py b/ml-agents/setup.py
index 02864c1ad7..8e04959286 100644
--- a/ml-agents/setup.py
+++ b/ml-agents/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         "pyyaml",
         "protobuf>=3.6,<3.7",
         "grpcio>=1.11.0,<1.12.0",
-        "h5py==2.9.0",
+        "h5py>=2.9.0",
         'pypiwin32==223;platform_system=="Windows"',
     ],
     python_requires=">=3.6,<3.7",