diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7d90c0548e2..fc4646b982e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 DOCLINES = __doc__.split('\n')
 
 REQUIRED_PKGS = [
-    'absl-py',
+    'absl-py>=1.0.0',
     # Min version of 0.5.0 as old array_record wheel are bugged on all
     # platform except 'x86_64'. See
     # https://github.com/google/array_record/issues/71