diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b0b6f3a..93f8354 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,4 +157,7 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/
+
+# Visual Studio Code
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 66f28f5..fad10e0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 jsonpickle~=3.0.1, >= 3.0.1
-python-dateutil~=2.8.1
+python-dateutil~=2.8
 apimatic-core-interfaces~=0.1.0
 requests~=2.31
 setuptools>=68.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 359bf1c..9841c7d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='apimatic-core',
-    version='0.2.16',
+    version='0.2.17',
     description='A library that contains core logic and utilities for '
                 'consuming REST APIs using Python SDKs generated by APIMatic.',
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         'apimatic-core-interfaces~=0.1.0',
         'jsonpickle~=3.0.1, >= 3.0.1',
-        'python-dateutil~=2.8.1',
+        'python-dateutil~=2.8',
         'requests~=2.31',
         'setuptools>=68.0.0',
         'jsonpointer~=2.3'