diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1670d1d..bbf70bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ requires=[
     "mdformat~=0.7.6",
     "mdformat-myst~=0.1.4",
     "mdformat-deflist~=0.1.0",
-    "click>=7.1,<9"
+    "click~=8.1.3"
 ]
 
 [tool.flit.entrypoints."console_scripts"]