diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5fe8165..6589c4c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 42", "versioningit ~= 1.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 42", "versioningit >= 1,< 4", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]