diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fbab761d..be4029be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif ()
 find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 # force the libmaa version to be the required version
-pkg_check_modules (MAA REQUIRED maa=0.2.6)
+pkg_check_modules (MAA REQUIRED maa>=0.2.6)
 message (INFO " found libmaa version: ${MAA_VERSION}")
 
 set (CMAKE_SWIG_FLAGS "")