diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d3f09da22..b845d27c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "psutil>=5.9.8,<6.1.0",
     "termcolor>=2.3.0,<2.5.0",
     "PyYAML>=5.3,<7.0",
+    "packaging>=21.0,<25.0", # Lower bound of 21.0 ensures compatibility with Python 3.9+
     "opentelemetry-api==1.22.0; python_version<'3.10'",
     "opentelemetry-api>=1.27.0; python_version>='3.10'",
     "opentelemetry-sdk==1.22.0; python_version<'3.10'",