diff --git a/eric6/install.py b/eric6/install.py

index cf358d7..52a4b8a 100644

--- a/eric6/install.py

+++ b/eric6/install.py

@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ def main(argv):

     global macAppBundlePath, macAppBundleName, macPythonExe

     global pyqtVariant, pyqtOverride, installApis, doCleanDesktopLinks

-    if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 0) or sys.version_info > (3, 9, 9):

+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 0) or sys.version_info > (3, 99, 9):

         print('Sorry, eric6 requires at least Python 2.7 or '

               'Python 3 for running.')

         exit(5)