diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 06c06f253c..345efdcae4 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "chainlit"
-version = "0.7.600rc0"
+version = "0.7.600rc1"
 keywords = ['LLM', 'Agents', 'gen ai', 'chat ui', 'chatbot ui', 'langchain']
 description = "A faster way to build chatbot UIs."
 authors = ["Chainlit"]
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dataclasses_json = "^0.5.7"
 uvicorn = "^0.23.2"
 fastapi = "^0.100"
 fastapi-socketio = "^0.0.10"
-httpx = "^0.25.1"
+httpx = ">=0.23"
 aiofiles = "^23.1.0"
 syncer = "^2.0.3"
 asyncer = "^0.0.2"