diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e7ce6af698..c7aeb7942c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dev = [
   "pre-commit~=3.4",
   "setuptools~=69.0",
   "twine>=4,<6",
-  "wheel~=0.42.0",
+  "wheel>=0.42,<0.44",
   "rdmo[allauth]",
   "rdmo[pytest]",
 ]