diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 53c391504e..84395a3623 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 pytorch-lightning>=1.7.0
-lightning-utilities>0.4.0, <0.5.0  # this is needed for PL 1.7
+lightning-utilities>=0.3.0, !=0.4.0  # this is needed for PL 1.7