diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
index 4bc91e9a6..d7571c6b3 100644
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ channels:
 
 dependencies:
   - yarn
-  - jupyterlab>=3.0.0,<3.6
+  - jupyterlab>=3.0.0
   - jupyter-packaging~=0.12
   - jupyter-sphinx
   - scipy
diff --git a/environment-dev.yml b/environment-dev.yml
index a35ffa161..8edadad58 100644
--- a/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/environment-dev.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - wheel
   - flake8
-  - jupyterlab>=3.0.0,<3.6
+  - jupyterlab>=3.0.0
   - jupyter-packaging~=0.12
   - ipywidgets
   - xyzservices
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fa729c7c8..3b70e7393 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [build-system]
 # avoid 3.6 so we don't need the rust buildchain
-requires = ["jupyter_packaging~=0.12", "jupyterlab>=3.0.0,<3.6", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["jupyter_packaging~=0.12", "jupyterlab>=3.0.0", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"