diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9fed6e160ae7d508bd276e9100e0f1cdb56b4e1a..79cb87becc61389c0b474e87e01747f02224b114 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-gremlinpython==3.3.0
+gremlinpython==3.4.3
 PyYAML>=3.12
 
 #required foir kobalos
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb00564dfc449bd76c55e7591b9a259843ff3003..07c1fc84194e9120443d12af5a89c400a5645fcd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ setup(
               'aiogremlin.structure',
               'aiogremlin.remote'],
     install_requires=[
+        'gremlinpython>=3.4.3',
         'aenum>=1.4.5',  # required gremlinpython dep
         'aiohttp>=2.2.5',
         'PyYAML>=3.12',