diff --git a/hasher-matcher-actioner/pyproject.toml b/hasher-matcher-actioner/pyproject.toml
index 23bcc1bb7..e0abd8c8b 100644
--- a/hasher-matcher-actioner/pyproject.toml
+++ b/hasher-matcher-actioner/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "flask_migrate",
     "psycopg2",
     "requests",
-    "threatexchange",
+    "threatexchange>=1.2.2",
     "flask_apscheduler",
     "python-dateutil",
     "python-json-logger",