diff --git a/humbug/__init__.py b/humbug/__init__.py
index 6ba4f20..78f15c9 100644
--- a/humbug/__init__.py
+++ b/humbug/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
 
 # Check that we have a recent enough version
 # Older versions don't provide the 'json' attribute on responses.
-assert(requests.__version__ > '0.12.1')
+assert(requests.__version__ >= '0.12.1')
 # And versions in the 1.x series aren't backwards compatible
 assert(requests.__version__ < '1.0.0')
 API_VERSTRING = "/api/v1/"