diff --git a/requirements/nominal_test.txt b/requirements/nominal_test.txt
index 5b579d59a48..c73659aca4c 100644
--- a/requirements/nominal_test.txt
+++ b/requirements/nominal_test.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 pandas >1.4.0, <=2.2.3 # cannot pin version due to numpy version incompatibility
 dython ==0.7.6 ; python_version <"3.9"
-dython ~=0.7.8 ; python_version > "3.8"  # we do not use `> =`
+dython ==0.7.9 ; python_version > "3.8"  # we do not use `> =`
 scipy >1.0.0, <1.16.0 # cannot pin version due to some version conflicts with `oldest` CI configuration
 statsmodels >0.13.5, <0.15.0