diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index a3fe9b8..549d300 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
 pytest>=4.6.9
-grpcio-tools==1.48.1
-pytz==2022.1
\ No newline at end of file
+grpcio-tools>=1.48.1
+pytz==2022.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 28e69e0..8a64a8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-grpcio==1.48.1
+grpcio>=1.48.1
 protobuf>=3.12.0<3.20.x
 google-api==0.1.12
 googleapis-common-protos==1.56.4
 google-api-core==2.10.0
-ecdsa>=0.18.0
\ No newline at end of file
+ecdsa>=0.18.0
diff --git a/tests/immu/test_timeout.py b/tests/immu/test_timeout.py
index ea0e1b3..3e36571 100644
--- a/tests/immu/test_timeout.py
+++ b/tests/immu/test_timeout.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ class TestTimeout:
     def test_simple_timeout(self, argsToBuildClient):
         url, login, password = argsToBuildClient
         client = ImmudbClient(url, timeout=1)
-        client.login(login, password)
+        try:
+            client.login(login, password)
+        except:
+            raise pytest.skip('Cannot reach immudb server')
 
         with pytest.raises(RpcError) as excinfo: 
             client = ImmudbClient(url, timeout=0.001)