diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index de2df8c..6ae28a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Source = "https://github.com/sloria/sphinx-issues"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = ["pytest"]
-dev = ["sphinx-issues[tests]", "tox", "pre-commit~=3.6"]
+dev = ["sphinx-issues[tests]", "tox", "pre-commit>=3.6,<5.0"]
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["flit_core<4"]