diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e50c322..d2b7a05f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-requires = ["setuptools >= 42", "versioningit ~= 1.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 42", "versioningit >= 1,< 4", "wheel"]
 
 [project]
 authors = [{ name = "Jimmy-Xuan Shen", email = "jmmshn@gmail.com" }]