diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 4c17cc8a..b08ea4e7 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -7312,4 +7312,4 @@ tesserocr = ["tesserocr"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "a313657a3d0e8a5baad9f484f5e9ac972343fcdc237edd8001f695acf7e181b7"
+content-hash = "d824c81c132de19beea5d5e395d70c1b9566bf5b938fec3d12ad478b953fd639"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a147176..51323bf8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ beautifulsoup4 = "^4.12.3"
 pandas = "^2.1.4"
 marko = "^2.1.2"
 openpyxl = "^3.1.5"
-lxml = ">=4.8.0"
+lxml = ">=4.0.0,<6.0.0"
 ocrmac = { version = "^1.0.0", markers = "sys_platform == 'darwin'", optional = true }
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]