diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8750128b05..62ae4c11aa 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     * Close Unix sockets if the connection attempt fails. This prevents `ResourceWarning`s. (#3314)
     * Close SSL sockets if the connection attempt fails, or if validations fail. (#3317)
     * Eliminate mutable default arguments in the `redis.commands.core.Script` class. (#3332)
+    * Allow newer versions of PyJWT as dependency. (#3630)
 
 * 4.1.3 (Feb 8, 2022)
   * Fix flushdb and flushall (#1926)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9760e5bb13..491b574662 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 async-timeout>=4.0.3
-PyJWT~=2.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
+PyJWT>=2.9.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c2dbb6cd2..5c3b8d911e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         'async-timeout>=4.0.3; python_full_version<"3.11.3"',
-        "PyJWT~=2.9.0",
+        "PyJWT>=2.9.0",
     ],
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",