diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index 992f2eae22..d9386f9b13 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
     'enum34 >= 1.1.6;python_version<"3.4"',
     # functools comes with python3, need to install the backport for python2
     'functools32 >= 3.2.3;python_version<"3"',
-    'gast == 0.2.2',
+    'gast >= 0.2.2',
     'google_pasta >= 0.1.6',
     'keras_applications >= 1.0.8',
     'keras_preprocessing >= 1.0.5',