diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19ba0df8..a06fbaf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 2.1.2 under development
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Enh #284: Allow using `yiisoft/access` version `^2.0` (@vjik)
 
 ## 2.1.1 December 11, 2025
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 88a38d9d..57ecef56 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "8.1 - 8.5",
-        "yiisoft/access": "2.0",
+        "yiisoft/access": "^2.0",
         "yiisoft/friendly-exception": "^1.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {