diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbce08f..e13c224 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 dependencies = [
     "nomad-lab>=1.3.6.dev1",
     "nomad-schema-plugin-run>=1.0.1",
-    "mdanalysis>=2.7.0,<3.0.0",
+    "mdanalysis>=2.8.0,<3.0.0 ; python_full_version >= '3.10'",
+    "mdanalysis<2.8 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
     "scipy>=1.7.1",
     "networkx>=2.6.3",
 ]