diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86db32e65514a646c7a05fa8df4313267030aa72..0d70a2be8bf7783ef2ff43b4e45ac1712a7e68e2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ setup(name="pytato",
       python_requires="~=3.8",
       install_requires=[
           "loopy>=2020.2",
-          "pytools>=2020.4.4"
+          "pytools>=2020.4.3"
           ],
 
       author="Andreas Kloeckner, Matt Wala, Xiaoyu Wei",