diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ce7c7f16bf931b4d0893cf868c0e1f973559b74..1e4ef6d4d11827251de76f3b5bbada4240ecb8bd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
- pandas ~= 1.5
- numpy ~= 1.23
- gtfparse ~= 1.2
+ pandas~=1.5
+ numpy~=1.23
+ gtfparse~=1.2