diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 583ee9ed8b3..bfc76a556e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "MIT License"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8.1"
+python = ">=3.8.1,<3.9.7 || >3.9.7"
 openai = ">=1.0.0"
 python-dotenv = ">=0.2.0"
 tiktoken = ">=0.4.0"