diff --git a/pyexternals/CMakeLists.txt b/pyexternals/CMakeLists.txt
index e23be7571003c67e972f1d7e0322dfa8d5037da8..27fc5a995847b72f34637c1f9c00a543a5b68c3d 100644
--- a/pyexternals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pyexternals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6432,14 +6432,14 @@ LCGPackage_Add(
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND <VOID>
   BUILD_COMMAND <VOID>
   INSTALL_COMMAND ${MakeSitePackagesDir}
-        IF <VERSION> VERSION_EQUAL 0.0.6 THEN
+        IF <VERSION> VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 0.0.6 THEN
           COMMAND ${PYTHON} -m pip install ${PySetupOptions} --no-deps .
         ELSE
           COMMAND ${PYTHON} setup.py install ${PySetupOptions}
         ENDIF
           COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/pyexternals/Python_postinstall.sh <INSTALL_DIR>
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-  DEPENDS Python setuptools_scm nose IF <VERSION> VERSION_EQUAL 0.0.6 THEN pip ENDIF
+  DEPENDS Python setuptools_scm nose IF <VERSION> VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 0.0.6 THEN pip ENDIF
 )
 
 #---pyproj---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------