From be3e6106de81c9a219246707c071aad4a4af3692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MichaelBroughton <MichaelBroughton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:59:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Loosen cirq requirements in anticipation of release. (#659)

---
 release/setup.py | 2 +-
 requirements.txt | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/release/setup.py b/release/setup.py
index 5b6fbdb83..dae4bba2d 100644
--- a/release/setup.py
+++ b/release/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
-    'cirq-core==0.13.1', 'cirq-google==0.13.1', 'sympy == 1.8',
+    'cirq-core>=0.13.1', 'cirq-google>=0.13.1', 'sympy == 1.8',
     'googleapis-common-protos==1.52.0', 'google-api-core==1.21.0',
     'google-auth==1.18.0', 'protobuf==3.17.3'
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fc1de029b..66f0fea0c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cirq-core==0.13.1
-cirq-google==0.13.1
+cirq-core>=0.13.1
+cirq-google>=0.13.1
 sympy==1.8
 numpy==1.19.5  # TensorFlow can detect if it was built against other versions.
 nbconvert==5.6.1