diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3de95e70c..a29abc4d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ pygments>=2.7.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.31.0
 PyJWT>=2.0.0, <3.0.0
 aiohttp>=3.9.4
-aiohttp-retry==2.8.3
+aiohttp-retry>=2.8.3
 certifi>=2023.7.22 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 229d8e1eb..849a9da87 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "requests >= 2.0.0",
         "PyJWT >= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0",
         "aiohttp>=3.8.4",
-        "aiohttp-retry==2.8.3",
+        "aiohttp-retry>=2.8.3",
     ],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
diff --git a/tests/unit/http/test_async_http_client.py b/tests/unit/http/test_async_http_client.py
index df4360684..23df35dc0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/http/test_async_http_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/http/test_async_http_client.py
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ class MockResponse(object):
     A mock of the aiohttp.ClientResponse class
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, text, status):
+    def __init__(self, text, status, method="GET"):
         self._text = text
         self.status = status
         self.headers = {}
+        self.method = method
 
     async def text(self):
         return self._text