diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 08fe51104852b..325976c3e94cd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ packages=find:
 # dependencies that are required for the cli (via pip install localstack)
 install_requires =
     click>=7.0
-    cachetools~=5.0.0
+    cachetools>=5.0
     cryptography
     dill==0.3.6
     dnslib>=0.9.10