diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fce6ea4c..ab5b8401 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
 authors = [{name = "Jeremy Howard and contributors", email = "github@jhoward.fastmail.fm"}]
 keywords = ['nbdev', 'jupyter', 'notebook', 'python']
 classifiers = ["Natural Language :: English", "Intended Audience :: Developers", "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha", "Programming Language :: Python :: 3", "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only"]
-dependencies = ['fastcore>=1.12.45', 'python-dateutil', 'starlette~=1.0', 'oauthlib', 'itsdangerous', 'uvicorn[standard]>=0.30', 'httpx', 'fastlite>=0.1.1', 'python-multipart', 'beautifulsoup4']
+dependencies = ['fastcore>=1.12.45', 'python-dateutil', 'starlette>=1.0.1', 'oauthlib', 'itsdangerous', 'uvicorn[standard]>=0.30', 'httpx', 'fastlite>=0.1.1', 'python-multipart', 'beautifulsoup4']
 
 [project.urls]
 Repository = "https://github.com/AnswerDotAI/fasthtml"