diff --git a/ethers.nimble b/ethers.nimble
index 77c4aad..036a2fe 100644
--- a/ethers.nimble
+++ b/ethers.nimble
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ requires "chronos >= 4.0.0 & < 4.1.0"
 requires "contractabi >= 0.6.0 & < 0.7.0"
 requires "questionable >= 0.10.2 & < 0.11.0"
 requires "json_rpc >= 0.4.0 & < 0.5.0"
-requires "serde >= v1.2.1 < 1.3.0"
+requires "serde >= 1.2.1 < 1.3.0"
 requires "stint"
 requires "stew"
 requires "eth"