diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ddd8a2be1..068fff4fe3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8,<3.9.7 || >=3.9.8,<4.0"
+python = ">=3.8, !=3.9.7"
 mmh3 = ">=4.0.0,<5.0.0"
 requests = ">=2.20.0,<3.0.0"
 click = ">=7.1.1,<9.0.0"