diff --git a/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index d21ce240..494a2124 100644
--- a/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ ipython~=8.10; python_version >= '3.8'
 jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset]~=1.0
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset]>=1.0
 kedro-airflow~=0.5
-kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
+kedro-telemetry>=0.2.0
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
 pytest~=7.2
diff --git a/databricks-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/databricks-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index 801292bc..861f06f4 100644
--- a/databricks-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/databricks-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ ipython~=8.10; python_version >= '3.8'
 jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[spark.SparkDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset]~=1.0
-kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
+kedro-datasets[spark.SparkDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset]>=1.0
+kedro-telemetry>=0.2.0
 numpy~=1.21
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
diff --git a/spaceflights-pandas-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/spaceflights-pandas-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index 5c7da0ed..3ffebb4a 100644
--- a/spaceflights-pandas-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/spaceflights-pandas-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset, plotly.PlotlyDataset, plotly.JSONDataset, matplotlib.MatplotlibWriter]~=1.0
-kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset, plotly.PlotlyDataset, plotly.JSONDataset, matplotlib.MatplotlibWriter]>=1.0
+kedro-telemetry>=0.2.0
 kedro-viz>=6.7.0, <7.0.0
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
diff --git a/spaceflights-pandas/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/spaceflights-pandas/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index a1dd148c..acedabcd 100644
--- a/spaceflights-pandas/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/spaceflights-pandas/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset]~=1.0
-kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset]>=1.0
+kedro-telemetry>=0.2.0
 kedro-viz>=6.7.0, <7.0.0
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
diff --git a/spaceflights-pyspark-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/spaceflights-pyspark-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index 13235459..8ab0925d 100644
--- a/spaceflights-pyspark-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/spaceflights-pyspark-viz/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset, spark.SparkDataset, plotly.PlotlyDataset, plotly.JSONDataset, matplotlib.MatplotlibWriter]~=1.0
-kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset, spark.SparkDataset, plotly.PlotlyDataset, plotly.JSONDataset, matplotlib.MatplotlibWriter]>=1.0
+kedro-telemetry>=0.2.0
 kedro-viz>=6.7.0, <7.0.0
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
diff --git a/spaceflights-pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/spaceflights-pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index efe3bd59..124b15db 100644
--- a/spaceflights-pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/spaceflights-pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset, spark.SparkDataset]~=1.0
-kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset, pandas.ExcelDataset, pandas.ParquetDataset, spark.SparkDataset]>=1.0
+kedro-telemetry>=0.2.0
 kedro-viz>=6.7.0, <7.0.0
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0