diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index 4c27179e4b439d1c276a4a9f1ab330ade6d3a188..29f4ea0cf01ba576ae267b7f8da53bb781a33875 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,80 +1,74 @@
-# Bleeding edge Django
-django>=3.0.8,<3.1
-setuptools>=36
+django~=3.0.8
+setuptools>=49
 # Configuration
-django-environ>=0.4,<0.5
+django-environ~=0.4
 
 # Images
-Pillow>=7,<8
+Pillow~=7.0
 
-# For user registration, either via email or social
-# Well-built with regular release cycles!
-django-allauth>=0.42,<0.43
+django-allauth~=0.42
 
-
-# Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
-psycopg2-binary>=2.8,<=2.9
+psycopg2-binary~=2.8
 
 # Time zones support
 pytz==2020.1
 
 # Redis support
-django-redis>=4.12.1,<4.13
-redis>=3.5.3,<3.6
-kombu>=4.6.11,<4.7
+django-redis~=4.12
+redis~=3.5
+kombu~=4.6
 
-celery>=4.4.6,<4.5
+celery~=4.4
 
 
 # Your custom requirements go here
-django-cors-headers>=3.4,<3.5
-musicbrainzngs>=0.7.1,<0.8
-djangorestframework>=3.11,<3.12
-djangorestframework-jwt>=1.11,<1.12
-arrow>=0.15.5,<0.16
-persisting-theory>=0.2,<0.3
-django-versatileimagefield>=2.0,<2.1
-django-filter>=2.3,<2.4
-django-rest-auth>=0.9,<0.10
-ipython>=7.10,<8
-mutagen>=1.45,<1.46
-
-pymemoize==1.0.3
-
-django-dynamic-preferences>=1.10,<1.11
-raven>=6.10,<7
-python-magic==0.4.18
-channels>=2.4,<2.5
-channels_redis>=3,<3.1
-uvicorn>=0.11.5,<0.12
-gunicorn>=20.0.4,<20.1
-
-cryptography>=2.8,<3
+django-cors-headers~=3.4
+musicbrainzngs~=0.7.1
+djangorestframework~=3.11
+djangorestframework-jwt~=1.11
+arrow~=0.15.5
+persisting-theory~=0.2
+django-versatileimagefield~=2.0
+django-filter~=2.3
+django-rest-auth~=0.9
+ipython~=7.10
+mutagen~=1.45
+
+pymemoize~=1.0
+
+django-dynamic-preferences~=1.10
+raven~=6.10
+python-magic~=0.4
+channels~=2.4
+channels_redis~=3.0
+uvicorn~=0.11
+gunicorn~=20.0
+
+cryptography~=2.9
 # requests-http-signature==0.0.3
 # clone until the branch is merged and released upstream
 git+https://github.com/EliotBerriot/requests-http-signature.git@signature-header-support
-django-cleanup>=5,<5.1
-requests>=2.22<2.23
-pyOpenSSL>=19<20
+django-cleanup~=5.0
+requests~=2.24
+pyOpenSSL~=19.1
 
 # for LDAP authentication
-python-ldap>=3.3.1,<3.4
-django-auth-ldap>=2.2.0,<2.3
-
-pydub>=0.24.1,<0.25
-pyld>=1,<2
-aiohttp>=3.6,<3.7
-autobahn>=19.3.3
-
-django-oauth-toolkit>=1.3.2,<1.4
-django-storages>=1.9.1,<1.10
-boto3<3
-unicode-slugify==0.1.3
-django-cacheops>=5,<5.1
-
-click>=7,<8
-service_identity==18.1.0
-markdown>=3.2,<4
-bleach>=3,<4
+python-ldap~=3.3
+django-auth-ldap~=2.2
+
+pydub~=0.24
+pyld~=1.0
+aiohttp~=3.6
+
+django-oauth-toolkit~=1.3
+django-storages~=1.9
+boto3~=1.14
+unicode-slugify~=0.1
+django-cacheops~=5.0
+
+click~=7.1
+service_identity~=18.1
+markdown~=3.2
+bleach~=3.1
 feedparser==6.0.0b3
-watchdog==0.10.2
+watchdog~=0.10
diff --git a/api/requirements/local.txt b/api/requirements/local.txt
index 80331424ae644c10e2cab2f7ef05cf71cd481f41..de3fdfb7ad55fb48e57f8bc4404372c3802abc4f 100644
--- a/api/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Local development dependencies go here
 
-coverage>=4.5,<4.6
-django_coverage_plugin>=1.6,<1.7
-factory_boy>=2.11.1,<3
+coverage~=4.5
+django_coverage_plugin~=1.6
+factory_boy~=2.11
 
 # django-debug-toolbar that works with Django 1.5+
-django-debug-toolbar>=2.2,<2.3
+django-debug-toolbar~=2.2
 
 # improved REPL
-ipdb==0.11
-prompt_toolkit<3
+ipdb~=0.11
+prompt_toolkit~=2.0
 black
 #profiling
 
-asynctest==0.12.2
-aioresponses==0.6.0
+asynctest~=0.12
+aioresponses~=0.6
 #line_profiler<3
 #https://github.com/dmclain/django-debug-toolbar-line-profiler/archive/master.zip
 #django-silk
diff --git a/api/requirements/test.txt b/api/requirements/test.txt
index 3703ba688328990522f73c0290762b68cbca5ecb..dacc8217cd3c531230f9dfc7b15eb8915489ebc7 100644
--- a/api/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Test dependencies go here.
 
-flake8
-pytest>=5,<5.3.3
-pytest-django>=3.5.1
-pytest-mock
-pytest-sugar
-pytest-xdist
-pytest-cov
-pytest-env
-requests-mock
-pytest-randomly
+flake8~=3.8
+pytest~=6.0
+pytest-cov~=2.10
+pytest-django~=3.9
+pytest-env~=0.6
+pytest-mock~=3.2
+pytest-randomly~=3.4
+pytest-sugar~=0.9
+requests-mock~=1.8
 #pytest-profiling<1.4