1diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
2index 992f2eae22..d9386f9b13 100644
3--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
4+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
5@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
6 'enum34 >= 1.1.6;python_version<"3.4"',
7 # functools comes with python3, need to install the backport for python2
8 'functools32 >= 3.2.3;python_version<"3"',
9- 'gast == 0.2.2',
10+ 'gast >= 0.2.2',
11 'google_pasta >= 0.1.6',
12 'keras_applications >= 1.0.8',
13 'keras_preprocessing >= 1.0.5',