diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e975133ea4d4b55f37064af760daa8dc3186504e..cdea02760039ca1e7c1f0cfae18f81d31627836b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ setup(
         ],
     },
 
-    install_requires=platform_requires + ['cflib>=0.1.3', 'appdirs==1.4.0',
+    install_requires=platform_requires + ['cflib>=0.1.6', 'appdirs==1.4.0',
                                           'pyzmq', 'pyqtgraph>=0.10'],
 
     # List of dev dependencies