diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cac8bab9b..54910100f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dev-dependencies = [
     "mkdocs-material-extensions>=1.3.1",
     "pillow>=10.2.0",
     "cairosvg>=2.7.1",
-    "crewai-tools>=0.14.0",
+    "crewai-tools>=0.17.0,<0.18.0",
     "pytest>=8.0.0",
     "pytest-vcr>=1.0.2",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 42fb38424..d643803a5 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ requires-dist = [
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [
     { name = "cairosvg", specifier = ">=2.7.1" },
-    { name = "crewai-tools", specifier = ">=0.14.0" },
+    { name = "crewai-tools", specifier = ">=0.17.0,<0.18.0" },
     { name = "mkdocs", specifier = ">=1.4.3" },
     { name = "mkdocs-material", specifier = ">=9.5.7" },
     { name = "mkdocs-material-extensions", specifier = ">=1.3.1" },