diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4c3f915f..01436da07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ instructor = "^0.5.2"
 regex = "^2023.12.25"
 crewai-tools = { version = "^0.1.7", optional = true }
 click = "^8.1.7"
-python-dotenv = "1.0.0"
+python-dotenv = "^1.0.0"
 embedchain = "^0.1.98"
 appdirs = "^1.4.4"