diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ffe50962..2b1c67700 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "jsonschema~=4.0",
   "litellm>=1.66.0",
   "openai>=1.66.1",
-  "termcolor~=2.0",
+  "termcolor>=2,<4",
   "ipython>=8,<10",
   "json-repair~=0.35",
   "granite-io>=0.2,<0.4",