diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d25fc6b0..9b022622 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jsonstreams = "^0.6.0"
 linkml = "^1.7.7"
 linkml-runtime = "^1.7.5"
 mypy = "*"
-neo4j = "^4.4.10"
+neo4j = ">=4.4.10"
 networkx = "*"
 ordered-set = "^4.0.2"
 pandas = ">1.0.3"