diff --git a/requirements/conda.txt b/requirements/conda.txt
index 2e5e4e1..e5f427e 100644
--- a/requirements/conda.txt
+++ b/requirements/conda.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ keyring
 nbconvert >=4.0
 numpydoc >=0.6.0
 Paramiko >=2.4.0
-parso =0.5.2
+parso >=0.5.2
 pexpect >=4.4.0
 pickleshare >=0.4
 psutil >=5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d5d58b..f008824 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'numpydoc>=0.6.0',
     # Required to get SSH connections to remote kernels
     'paramiko>=2.4.0;platform_system=="Windows"',
-    'parso==0.5.2',
+    'parso>=0.5.2',
     'pexpect>=4.4.0',
     'pickleshare>=0.4',
     'psutil>=5.3',
diff --git a/spyder/dependencies.py b/spyder/dependencies.py
index 7c88ab6..60950a8 100644
--- a/spyder/dependencies.py
+++ b/spyder/dependencies.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ KEYRING_REQVER = None
 NBCONVERT_REQVER = '>=4.0'
 NUMPYDOC_REQVER = '>=0.6.0'
 PARAMIKO_REQVER = '>=2.4.0'
-PARSO_REQVER = '=0.5.2'
+PARSO_REQVER = '>=0.5.2'
 PEXPECT_REQVER = '>=4.4.0'
 PICKLESHARE_REQVER = '>=0.4'
 PSUTIL_REQVER = '>=5.3'
