diff --git a/build/pkgs/cppy/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/cppy/install-requires.txt
index 9d2b4aaeee0..42667a30148 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/cppy/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/cppy/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cppy
+cppy >=1.2.0