diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 89520d44cc5e0f580d6d3701116777ad16883d75..3b054af8c55df03705cd690652fdc093276851ae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ setup(
         ],
     },
 
-    install_requires=platform_requires + ['cflib>=0.1.7',
+    install_requires=platform_requires + ['cflib>=0.1.8',
                                           'appdirs>=1.4.0',
                                           'pyzmq',
                                           'pyqtgraph>=0.10',