diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6fb5fd..caf133a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ accelerate==0.15.0
 bitsandbytes==0.36.0
 cog==0.6.1
 diffusers==0.12.1
-runpod==0.8.4
+runpod~=1.7.9
 scipy==1.10.0
 transformers==4.26.0
 torch==1.13.1