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 [![Aurelio AI](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/1671498317455581184/1696285195/1500x500)](https://aurelio.ai)
 
 # Semantic Router
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 <p>
 <img alt="PyPI - Python Version" src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/semantic-router?logo=python&logoColor=gold" />
 <img alt="GitHub Contributors" src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/aurelio-labs/semantic-router" />
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 pip install -qU semantic-router
 ```
 
-❗️ _If wanting to use local embeddings you can use `FastEmbedEncoder` (`pip install -qU semantic-router[fastembed]`). To use the `HybridRouteLayer` you must `pip install -qU semantic-router[hybrid]`._
+❗️ _If wanting to use local embeddings you can use `FastEmbedEncoder` (`pip install -qU "semantic-router[fastembed]`"). To use the `HybridRouteLayer` you must `pip install -qU "semantic-router[hybrid]"`._
 
 We begin by defining a set of `Route` objects. These are the decision paths that the semantic router can decide to use, let's try two simple routes for now — one for talk on _politics_ and another for _chitchat_:
 
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 In this case, no decision could be made as we had no matches — so our route layer returned `None`!
 
 ## 📚 [Resources](https://github.com/aurelio-labs/semantic-router/tree/main/docs)
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b0e1f304e1d57beec6c5454ef32e953add68338..5273afac8b39cb2b9acdb8ee79b4a398ed45ecfe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 packages = [{include = "semantic_router"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
+python = "^3.9"
 pydantic = "^1.8.2"
 openai = "^1.3.9"
 cohere = "^4.32"
diff --git a/semantic_router/encoders/bm25.py b/semantic_router/encoders/bm25.py
index 68150cb767faec1a8c3c5417f9d5f6db3a977cda..e96e4d7dadfcacda40cefcdd403bf9e2f8b70851 100644
--- a/semantic_router/encoders/bm25.py
+++ b/semantic_router/encoders/bm25.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BM25Encoder(BaseEncoder):
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Please install pinecone-text to use BM25Encoder. "
-                "You can install it with: `pip install semantic-router[hybrid]`"
+                "You can install it with: `pip install 'semantic-router[hybrid]'`"
             )
         logger.info("Downloading and initializing BM25 model parameters.")
         self.model = encoder.default()
diff --git a/semantic_router/encoders/fastembed.py b/semantic_router/encoders/fastembed.py
index 413e3a6ada8e956fcbb8cbdfdd640a29883647df..98cfc6cc529ff4c06e0a3e7f0d0af779df7f71dd 100644
--- a/semantic_router/encoders/fastembed.py
+++ b/semantic_router/encoders/fastembed.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class FastEmbedEncoder(BaseEncoder):
             raise ImportError(
                 "Please install fastembed to use FastEmbedEncoder. "
                 "You can install it with: "
-                "`pip install semantic-router[fastembed]`"
+                "`pip install 'semantic-router[fastembed]'`"
             )
 
         embedding_args = {