diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 755f522e7..9516a3dda 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ install_requires =
     numpy>=1.15.0
     plac>=0.9.6,<1.2.0
     requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
-    pydantic>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+    pydantic>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 lookups =