-- Relax version requirements for dimod and meson-python to match versions available in the ports tree.
--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-18 15:22:53 UTC
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ requires = [
 requires = [
     # Same as dependency-groups.build
     "cython~=3.2.0",
-    "dimod==0.12.21",  # oldest dimod that supports Python 3.14
-    "meson~=1.10.2",  # latest as of March 2026
-    "meson-python~=0.19.0",  # latest as of March 2026
+    "dimod>=0.12.21",  # oldest dimod that supports Python 3.14
+    "meson>=1.10.2",  # latest as of March 2026
+    "meson-python>=0.18.0",  # latest as of March 2026
     "ninja~=1.13.0",  # latest as of March 2026
     "numpy~=2.0",
 ]
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ build = [
 build = [
     # Same as build-system.requires
     "cython~=3.2.0",
-    "dimod==0.12.21",
-    "meson~=1.9.0",
-    "meson-python~=0.18.0",
+    "dimod>=0.12.21",
+    "meson>=1.9.0",
+    "meson-python>=0.18.0",
     "ninja~=1.13.0",
     "numpy~=2.0",
 ]