diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f0c84d28..de003f88 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ boto3 = ["boto3 (>=1.34.41,<1.34.52)"]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
 version = "2.3.5"
 description = "Happy Eyeballs for asyncio"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
     {file = "aiohappyeyeballs-2.3.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4d6dea59215537dbc746e93e779caea8178c866856a721c9c660d7a5a7b8be03"},
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ files = [
 name = "aiohttp"
 version = "3.10.2"
 description = "Async http client/server framework (asyncio)"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
     {file = "aiohttp-3.10.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:95213b3d79c7e387144e9cb7b9d2809092d6ff2c044cb59033aedc612f38fb6d"},
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ typing_extensions = {version = ">=4.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 name = "aiosignal"
 version = "1.3.1"
 description = "aiosignal: a list of registered asynchronous callbacks"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
     {file = "aiosignal-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f8376fb07dd1e86a584e4fcdec80b36b7f81aac666ebc724e2c090300dd83b17"},
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ test = ["astroid (>=1,<2)", "astroid (>=2,<4)", "pytest"]
 name = "async-timeout"
 version = "4.0.3"
 description = "Timeout context manager for asyncio programs"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
     {file = "async-timeout-4.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4640d96be84d82d02ed59ea2b7105a0f7b33abe8703703cd0ab0bf87c427522f"},
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ termcolor = "*"
 name = "frozenlist"
 version = "1.4.1"
 description = "A list-like structure which implements collections.abc.MutableSequence"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
     {file = "frozenlist-1.4.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:f9aa1878d1083b276b0196f2dfbe00c9b7e752475ed3b682025ff20c1c1f51ac"},
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ test = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
 name = "multidict"
 version = "6.0.5"
 description = "multidict implementation"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
     {file = "multidict-6.0.5-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:228b644ae063c10e7f324ab1ab6b548bdf6f8b47f3ec234fef1093bc2735e5f9"},
@@ -3166,10 +3166,7 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 anyascii = "*"
-astroid = [
-    {version = ">=2.7", markers = "python_version < \"3.12\""},
-    {version = ">=3.0.0a1", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
-]
+astroid = {version = ">=2.7", markers = "python_version < \"3.12\""}
 Jinja2 = "*"
 PyYAML = "*"
 sphinx = ">=6.1.0"
@@ -3799,7 +3796,7 @@ test = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
 name = "yarl"
 version = "1.9.4"
 description = "Yet another URL library"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
     {file = "yarl-1.9.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:a8c1df72eb746f4136fe9a2e72b0c9dc1da1cbd23b5372f94b5820ff8ae30e0e"},
@@ -3919,5 +3916,5 @@ collate = ["cytominer-database"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = ">=3.8,<4.0"
-content-hash = "8cd2e790b6c426bf02ddd240f8cd3d34bc72aa79d23cb012ab51bd48bff15a38"
+python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
+content-hash = "8278fa086f709e479ebcd6c43dddb738332079a5a4c3ef6a66534ff9c84ca5a4"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8ea5428..4b5faa17 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/cytomining/pycytominer"
 include = [{ path = "poetry.lock", format = "sdist" }]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python          = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+python          = ">=3.8,<3.12" 
 numpy           = ">=1.16.5"
 scipy           = ">=1.5"
 pandas          = ">=1.2.0"