diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/setup.cfg
index 2ceb43c7276..72714c581bb 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/setup.cfg
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/setup.cfg
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ packages=find_namespace:
 zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
-    opentelemetry-api == 1.5.0.dev0
+    opentelemetry-api ~= 1.4
     wrapt >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0
 
 [options.packages.find]