diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83e114434c82817ad594202b6a561ba1e346a28a..2fe238cfb6d36a0700aac897d9433cd41260142e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-satella>=2.14.23
+satella
 ujson
 snakehouse
 six
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad95479415e00debfec5bcdb4a2c45219c148969..4ec7056f62d7a45e316eae3049dbc5d2931585bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ if 'CI' in os.environ:
 
 
 setup(name='tempsdb',
-      version='0.5a2',
+      version='0.5a3',
       packages=['tempsdb'],
-      install_requires=['satella>=2.14.24', 'ujson'],
+      install_requires=['satella', 'ujson'],
       ext_modules=build([Multibuild('tempsdb', find_pyx('tempsdb')), ],
                         compiler_directives=directives),
       # ext_modules=cythonize(extensions,