diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index d1d0b57b59f0..6d9c2c360ef9 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ weaviate = [
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
-    "pre-commit ~= 3.7",
+    "pre-commit >= 3.7,< 5.0",
     "ipykernel >= 6.29,< 8.0",
     "nbconvert ~= 7.16",
     "pytest >= 8.2,< 10.0",