diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f9a984b09d..3bd81e0780 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'tables<3.9; python_version < "3.9"',
     'tables; python_version >= "3.9"',
     'blosc2<2.2.8; python_version < "3.9"',  # dependency of tables
-    "packaging>=24.1",
+    "packaging>=24.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]  # This is optional dependencies