diff --git a/dagger.nimble b/dagger.nimble
index 77116958..09d3663d 100644
--- a/dagger.nimble
+++ b/dagger.nimble
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ author = "Dagger Team"
 description = "p2p data durability engine"
 license = "MIT"
 
-requires "nim >= 1.4.6",
+requires "nim >= 1.4.2",
          "libp2p#unstable",
          "nimcrypto >= 0.4.1",
          "bearssl >= 0.1.4",