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espressif · Oct 12, 2016 · e28b30b · e28b30b
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ After installing, you will have `esptool.py` installed into the default Python e
 
 Manual installation allows you to run the latest development version from this repository.
 
-esptool.py depends on [pySerial](https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial#readme) for serial communication with the target device.
+esptool.py depends on [pySerial](https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial#readme) version 2.5 or newer for serial communication with the target device.
 
 If you choose to install esptool.py system-wide by running `python setup.py install`, then this will be taken care of automatically.
 

diff --git a/esptool.py b/esptool.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ESPROM(object):
     ESP_FLASH_SECTOR = 0x1000
 
     def __init__(self, port=0, baud=ESP_ROM_BAUD):
-        self._port = serial.Serial(port)
+        self._port = serial.serial_for_url(port)
         self._slip_reader = slip_reader(self._port)
         # setting baud rate in a separate step is a workaround for
         # CH341 driver on some Linux versions (this opens at 9600 then

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
         'flake8<3.0.0',
     ],
     install_requires=[
-        'pyserial',
+        'pyserial>=2.5',
     ],
     scripts=[
         'esptool.py',