diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d22375cd..62d28b24 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ project_urls =
 
 [options]
 install_requires =
-    rsconnect-python>=1.5.4
+    rsconnect-python>=1.5.4b1
     notebook
     nbformat
     nbconvert>=5.6.1