diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 168e9617..a3eb297a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cycler
 kiwisolver>=1.3.1
 matplotlib
 numpy>=1.18.5,<2.5  # 2.5.0 ships type stubs using 3.12+ `type` syntax that mypy (pinned to 3.10) rejects
-opencv-python-headless==4.10.0.84
+opencv-python-headless>=4.10.0  # relax exact pin to avoid downstream conflicts (#349)
 Pillow>=7.1.2
 # https://github.com/roboflow/roboflow-python/issues/390
 # pi-heif 1.x requires Python 3.10+