diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1483fccd4..8302c532b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pandas
 rioxarray
 pathy
 pyaml_env
-nowcasting_datamodel==1.5.30
+nowcasting_datamodel>=1.5.30
 gitpython
 geopandas
 dask