diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28d48a282..84ae53824 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "fastapi[all,standard]>=0.123.10",
     "humanize>=4.14.0,<5",
     "nicegui[native]>=3.9.0,<4",  # CVE-2026-21871, CVE-2026-21873, CVE-2026-21874 (>=3.5.0); CVE-2026-25516 (>=3.7.0, #418); CVE-2026-27156 (>=3.8.0, #448); CVE-2026-33332 (>=3.9.0, #498). CVE-2026-39844 (>=3.10.0, #531) not yet merged.
-    "packaging>=26,<27",
+    "packaging>=25,<27",
     "platformdirs>=4.5.1,<5",
     "psutil>=7.1.3,<8",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.12.0,<3",