diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58ed09d1a..bbb335a22 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _core_version(plugin_version: str = _plugin_version()) -> str:
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "dbt-common<1.0",
-        "dbt-adapters==0.1.0a1",
+        "dbt-adapters~=0.1.0a1",
         f"dbt-postgres~={_core_version()}",
         # dbt-redshift depends deeply on this package. it does not follow SemVer, therefore there have been breaking changes in previous patch releases
         # Pin to the patch or minor version, and bump in each new minor version of dbt-redshift.