diff --git a/packaging/litellm-core/pyproject.toml b/packaging/litellm-core/pyproject.toml
index 0914deb074d..84d428368b7 100644
--- a/packaging/litellm-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packaging/litellm-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "fastuuid>=0.14.0,<1.0",
-    "filelock>=3.16.1,<4.0",
+    "filelock>=3.16.1,<5",
     "httpx[http2]>=0.28.0,<1.0",
     "openai>=2.20.0,<4.0.0",
     "python-dateutil>=2.8.2,<3.0",