diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b109cd9..2d8dfed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)",
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
-dependencies = ["yt-dlp==2021.12.1"]
+dependencies = ["yt-dlp>=2021.12.1"]
 name = "songbird-py"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e35c98..966e49e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-yt-dlp==2021.12.1
\ No newline at end of file
+yt-dlp>=2021.12.1
\ No newline at end of file