diff --git a/loculus-silo/pyproject.toml b/loculus-silo/pyproject.toml
index a83aba8c51..9d2e9ceeff 100644
--- a/loculus-silo/pyproject.toml
+++ b/loculus-silo/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "zstandard>=0.22,<0.26",
     "requests>=2.31,<3.0",
-    "orjsonl>=0.3,<1.0",
+    "orjsonl>=0.3,<2.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]