diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index 65133afdafe..8ef6364ff7e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -75,23 +75,23 @@ if '--project_name' in sys.argv:
 # comment the versioning scheme.
 # NOTE: Please add test only packages to `TEST_PACKAGES` below.
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
-    'absl-py ~= 0.10',
-    'astunparse ~= 1.6.3',
-    'flatbuffers ~= 1.12.0',
-    'google_pasta ~= 0.2',
-    'h5py ~= 2.10.0',
-    'keras_preprocessing ~= 1.1.2',
-    'numpy ~= 1.19.2',
-    'opt_einsum ~= 3.3.0',
+    'absl-py >= 0.10',
+    'astunparse >= 1.6.3',
+    'flatbuffers >= 1.12.0',
+    'google_pasta >= 0.2',
+    'h5py >= 2.10.0',
+    'keras_preprocessing >= 1.1.2',
+    'numpy >= 1.19.1',
+    'opt_einsum >= 3.3.0',
     'protobuf >= 3.9.2',
-    'six ~= 1.15.0',
-    'termcolor ~= 1.1.0',
-    'typing_extensions ~= 3.7.4',
-    'wheel ~= 0.35',
-    'wrapt ~= 1.12.1',
+    'six >= 1.15.0',
+    'termcolor >= 1.1.0',
+    'typing_extensions >= 3.7.4',
+    'wheel >= 0.34.2',
+    'wrapt >= 1.12.1',
     # These packages needs to be pinned exactly as newer versions are
     # incompatible with the rest of the ecosystem
-    'gast == 0.3.3',
+    'gast >= 0.3.3',
     # TensorFlow ecosystem packages that TF exposes API for
     # These need to be in sync with the existing TF version
     # They are updated during the release process
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ if 'tf_nightly' in project_name:
 # BoringSSL support.
 # See https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/17882.
 if sys.byteorder == 'little':
-  REQUIRED_PACKAGES.append('grpcio ~= 1.32.0')
+  REQUIRED_PACKAGES.append('grpcio >= 1.31.0')
 
 
 # Packages which are only needed for testing code.