diff --git a/build/pkgs/gmpy2/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/gmpy2/install-requires.txt
index 1232852e763..c381c09a1b7 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gmpy2/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/gmpy2/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-gmpy2 > 2.1.99
+gmpy2 ~= 2.2.0a1