diff --git a/src/palletjack/setup.py b/src/palletjack/setup.py
index b0e26fd9..a019249e 100644
--- a/src/palletjack/setup.py
+++ b/src/palletjack/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             "pytest-isort~=2.0",
             "pytest-pylint~=0.18",
             "pytest~=6.0",
-            "black~=22.12",
+            "black>=22.12,<26.0",
             "pandas==2.*",
         ]
     },