diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20a37f62ffd..bf82b6b41a2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pillow>=8.0.0",
     "tomli-w>=0.4.0",
     "tqdm>=3.4.0",
-    "unyt>=2.9.2,<3.0", # see https://github.com/yt-project/yt/issues/4162
+    "unyt>=2.9.2",
     "tomli>=1.2.3;python_version < '3.11'",
     "typing-extensions>=4.4.0;python_version < '3.12'",
 ]