diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a045b9..a6676ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
     # 'refinegems>=2.0', # has all other needed dependancies
-    "refinegems>=2.0.0-alpha.0",
+    "refinegems>=2.0.0a0",
     # @NOTE
     # need to installed but install does not work with PyPi that way
     "bofdat@git+https://github.com/draeger-lab/BOFdat", # our fork with hot fix(es)