diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 04cf930..08c367e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ classifiers = ["Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers"]
 dependencies = [
-    "mopti==0.10.10",
-    "bofire>=0.0.4",
+    "mopti>=0.10.10",
+    "bofire>=0.0.12",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cee693d..2b3b824 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-mopti==0.10.10
+mopti>=0.10.10
 bofire>=0.0.12
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_pyprojecttoml.py b/test/test_pyprojecttoml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e92c70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_pyprojecttoml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+def find_min_bofire_version(pkg: str, filepath: str):
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            if f"{pkg}==" in line:
+                raise Exception(
+                    "bofire version is pinned to a specific version. please specify the minimal version with >="
+                )
+            if f"{pkg}>=" in line:
+                return line.split("=")[1].split('"')[0].strip()
+
+
+def find_all_deps_inreqstxt(filepath: str):
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            if line.strip() != "" and line.strip()[0] != "#":
+                if ">=" in line:
+                    yield line.split(">=")[0].strip()
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Please specify the minimal version with >= in {filepath}"
+                    )
+
+
+def test():
+    for dep in find_all_deps_inreqstxt("requirements.txt"):
+        min_v_req = find_min_bofire_version(dep, "requirements.txt")
+        min_v_pyprtoml = find_min_bofire_version(dep, "pyproject.toml")
+        assert min_v_req == min_v_pyprtoml