diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38776b2c..215b2cca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "PyYAML>=5.3",
     "mergedeep>=1.1.1",
     "itsdangerous>=1.1",
-    "sqlite-utils>=3.30",
+    "sqlite-utils>=3.30,<4.0",
     "asyncinject>=0.7",
     "setuptools",
     "pip",