diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index b0945099fa..c3979481bd 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Paste
 PasteDeploy==1.5.0
 Routes>=1.12.3
 amqplib==0.6.1
-anyjson==0.2.4
+anyjson>=0.2.4
 eventlet>=0.9.17
 greenlet>=0.3.1
 httplib2