diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf7f1550..2e680776 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ bitmath>=1.3.3.1,<1.4.0.0
 bpylist2==4.0.1
 more-itertools>=8.8.0,<9.0.0
 objexplore>=1.6.3,<2.0.0
-osxmetadata>=<1.0.0,<2.0.0
+osxmetadata>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 packaging>=21.3
 pathvalidate>=2.4.1,<2.5.0
 photoscript>=0.1.6,<0.2.0