diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8a9bd1c..72d788d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cache:
 
 install:
   - travis_retry composer self-update && composer --version
-  - travis_retry composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"
+  - travis_retry composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.0.0"
   - export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
   - travis_retry composer install --dev --prefer-dist --no-interaction
 # codeception
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 587e755..e5a2d9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ at [getcomposer.org](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-nix).
 You can then install this project template using the following command:
 
 ~~~
-php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"
+php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.0.0"
 php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic
 ~~~