diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b5e481be..c502a571 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ install_requires =
     scp
     spiceypy
     sunpy>=4.0.1
-    watchdog=5.0.3
+    watchdog==5.0.3
     requests