diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 0cdb0c5424..4dc21dc680 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ init:
 install:
   # To download from google drive
   - set PATH=C:\Python38-x64;C:\Python38-x64\Scripts;%PATH%
-  - ps: py -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install gdown==4.6.0 
+  - ps: py -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install gdown>=5.1.0 
   # Qt
   - set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.10.1\msvc2015_64
   # make sure Qt bin path is before cmake bin path to avoid copying qt5 dlls from cmake before qt installation