diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index fa748676..9ca888d1 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 setuptools
-jsonschema==2.6.0
+jsonschema
 Flask
 Flask-API
 Flask-Cors
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Flask-Session
 Flask-WTF
 itsdangerous
 Jinja2
-mongoengine==0.19.0
+mongoengine
 paramiko
 pre-commit
 py3dns
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ swagger-spec-validator
 swaggerpy
 urllib3
 validate-email
-Werkzeug==0.16.0
+Werkzeug
 WTForms
 schedule
 flask-sitemap
diff --git a/backend/setup.py b/backend/setup.py
index 5ee738db..36900f73 100644
--- a/backend/setup.py
+++ b/backend/setup.py
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
         'flask-mongoengine',
         'Flask-Session',
         'Flask-WTF',
-        'mongoengine==0.19.0',
+        'mongoengine',
         'cryptography',
         'jinja2',
-        'jsonschema==2.6.0',
+        'jsonschema',
         'pyOpenSSL',
-        'werkzeug==0.16.0',
+        'werkzeug',
         'itsdangerous',
         'python-dateutil',
         'expiringdict',