diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fa63888b8..111c566a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest>=8.2.2,<=8.3.3",
     "requests>=2.9.1,<=2.32.3",
     "tox>=4.15.1,<=4.23.2",
-    "wheel>=0.36.2,<=0.44.0",
+    "wheel>=0.36.2,<=0.45.0",
     "build>=0.10.0,<=1.2.2.post1",
     "mypy>=1.10.1,<=1.13.0",
     "ruff>=0.5.0,<=0.7.4",