diff --git a/_variables.tf b/_variables.tf
index 90155a2..a232945 100644
--- a/_variables.tf
+++ b/_variables.tf
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ variable "cloudwatch_logs_export_bucket" {
   default     = ""
   description = "Bucket to export logs"
 }
+
+variable "runtime" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "python3.10"
+  description = "Runtime version of the lambda function"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cloudwatch-logs-exporter.tf b/cloudwatch-logs-exporter.tf
index a6c714c..516d1c2 100644
--- a/cloudwatch-logs-exporter.tf
+++ b/cloudwatch-logs-exporter.tf
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "log_exporter" {
   source_code_hash = data.archive_file.log_exporter.output_base64sha256
   timeout          = 300
 
-  runtime = "python3.10"
+  runtime = var.runtime
 
   environment {
     variables = {
diff --git a/versions.tf b/versions.tf
index 4dc2caa..1e2be2d 100644
--- a/versions.tf
+++ b/versions.tf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ terraform {
 
   required_providers {
     aws = {
-      version = "~> 4.61.0"
+      version = ">= 4.61.0"
     }
     random = {
       version = ">= 3.4.0"