diff --git a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.7.ebuild b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.7.ebuild
index bb8e604322409..c580a4ad57cff 100644
--- a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.7.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
-	=app-editors/neovim-0.1.3
+	>=app-editors/neovim-0.1.3
 "
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/python-client-${PV}"