diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f70f7bd..1baace06 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ PyYAML>=3.12
 softlayer==5.8.7
 PyJWT==2.4.0
 ibm-cos-sdk==2.6.2
-botocore==1.16.9
-pymemcache==3.2.0
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+botocore>=1.16.9
+pymemcache==3.2.0