diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9bd145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 11f419d..979165d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-requests==2.24.0
-google_auth_oauthlib==0.4.4
-beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
-google_api_python_client==2.1.0
-protobuf==3.15.8
+beautifulsoup4>=4.10.0
+google_api_python_client>=2.36.0
+google_auth_oauthlib>=0.4.4
+protobuf>=3.19.4
+requests>=2.26.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b11fc0d..13857e8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     author = "Parth Bibekar",
     author_email = "bibekarparth24@gmail.com",
     url = "https://github.com/ParthBibekar/Welearn-bot",
-    version = "1.2.3",
+    version = "1.2.4",
     license = "MIT",
     package_dir = {"": "src"},
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(where="src"),
diff --git a/src/welearnbot/welearnbot.py b/src/welearnbot/welearnbot.py
index 54133da..e952e53 100755
--- a/src/welearnbot/welearnbot.py
+++ b/src/welearnbot/welearnbot.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def main():
     whoami      - shows the user's name and exits\n\
 Abbreviations such as any one of 'f', 'a', 'u', 'c', 'w' are supported.")
     parser.add_argument("courses", nargs="*", help="IDs of the courses to download files from. The word ALL selects everything \nfrom the [courses] section in .welearnrc or welearn.ini")
-    parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", action="version",  version="1.2.3")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", action="version",  version="1.2.4")
     parser.add_argument("-d", "--dueassignments", action="store_true", help="show only due assignments with the 'assignments' action")
     parser.add_argument("-c", "--gcalendar", action="store_true", help="add due assignments to Google Calendar with the 'assignments' action")
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--ignoretypes", nargs="*", help="ignores the specified extensions when downloading, overrides .welearnrc")