diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f839a73..e74ef99 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ optional-dependencies.ingestr = [
 ]
 optional-dependencies.release = [
   "build<2",
-  "twine<7",
+  "twine<8",
 ]
 optional-dependencies.test = [
   "cratedb-toolkit[testing]>=0.0.20",