diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e1b98027..8263fc938 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "jupyterlab>=4.0",
     "jupyterlab-widgets>=3.0.0",
     "leidenalg~=0.10.2",
-    "libpysal~=4.8.0",
+    "libpysal>=4.8,<4.8",
     "matplotlib~=3.8.0",
     "mudata==0.3.1",
     "muon==0.1.7",