diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d1d1f0ec..528af0ed0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ sheets = [
 
 # MongoDB archiver connector backend
 archiver-mongodb = [
-    "pymongo>=4.0",
+    "pymongo>=4.17.0",
 ]
 
 # Google Chat bridge (osprey.bridges.google_chat): Pub/Sub event ingestion,