diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b86459..bf8e0c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ logging = ["dep:log"]
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-log = { version = "0.4", optional = true}
+log = { version = ">=0.4.4", optional = true }
+# versions less than this do not compile due to custom #[macro_export] macros