diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 172ff4e..dc21ce4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ snakemake-interface-common = "^1.13.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 snakemake = {git = "https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake.git", branch = "main"}
-black = "^23.7.0"
+black = ">=23.7,<25.0"
 flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 coverage = "^7.3.0"
 pytest = "^7.4.1"