diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ebfa50ee..71f2b858 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "cryptography>=48.0.1,<49",
-  "packaging>=24,<27",
+  "packaging>=26.2,<27",
   "pydantic>=2.13.4,<3",
   "pyyaml>=6.0.3,<7",
   "ruamel.yaml>=0.19.1,<1",