diff --git a/build/pkgs/pythran/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/pythran/install-requires.txt
index 86d056b339f..f365e5f4971 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/pythran/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/pythran/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pythran
+pythran >=0.12.1