diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e673bab..14bbec3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ optional-dependencies.doc = [
 ]
 optional-dependencies.release = [
   "build<2",
-  "twine<7",
+  "twine<8",
 ]
 optional-dependencies.test = [
   "cratedb-toolkit[testing]",