diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e517cf7c273f..2efef9925bc0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def run(self):
     'packaging',
     'tornado>=6.1.0',
     'jupyter_core',
-    'jupyter_packaging~=0.7.3',
+    'jupyter_packaging~=0.7',
     'jupyterlab_server~=2.3',
     'jupyter_server~=1.4',
     'nbclassic~=0.2',