diff --git a/gpio/Cargo.toml b/gpio/Cargo.toml
index 07cc8b2..22353ea 100644
--- a/gpio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpio/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ vhost = { version = "0.4", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
 vhost-user-backend = "0.3"
 virtio-bindings = ">=0.1"
 virtio-queue = "0.2"
-vm-memory = "0.7"
+vm-memory = ">=0.7"
 vmm-sys-util = "=0.9.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_env = "gnu")'.dependencies]
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ libgpiod = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/libgpiod" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 virtio-queue = { version = "0.2", features = ["test-utils"] }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vm-memory = { version = ">=0.7.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
diff --git a/i2c/Cargo.toml b/i2c/Cargo.toml
index 64fac53..a4c9e6e 100644
--- a/i2c/Cargo.toml
+++ b/i2c/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ vhost = { version = "0.4", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
 vhost-user-backend = "0.3"
 virtio-bindings = ">=0.1"
 virtio-queue = "0.2"
-vm-memory = "0.7"
+vm-memory = ">=0.7"
 vmm-sys-util = "=0.9.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 virtio-queue = { version = "0.2", features = ["test-utils"] }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vm-memory = { version = ">=0.7.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
diff --git a/rng/Cargo.toml b/rng/Cargo.toml
index 5adf3ff..c6a0a08 100644
--- a/rng/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rng/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ vmm-sys-util = ">=0.9.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 virtio-queue = { version = "0.2", features = ["test-utils"] }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vm-memory = { version = ">=0.7.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }