diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 53840b924..17174935d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ classifiers =
 python_requires = >=3.5
 install_requires =
     indexed_gzip >= 0.8.8
-    nibabel >= 3.0.1
-    nipype >= 1.3.1
+    nibabel ~= 3.0
+    nipype ~= 1.4.0
     nitime
     niworkflows ~= 1.1.8
     numpy