diff --git a/changelog/+26b92d23.housekeeping.md b/changelog/+26b92d23.housekeeping.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a49d751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/+26b92d23.housekeeping.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Loosen pinned requirement for `whenever` to allow versions from 0.7.2 up to but not including 0.8.0.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 9477579f..25585102 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2394,4 +2394,4 @@ tests = ["Jinja2", "pytest", "pyyaml", "rich"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.9, <3.14"
-content-hash = "e5bec17b74d706a51f41c3a637a7c12079c3550866be6f81cca9314ec1eeb9e6"
+content-hash = "8fb3db8c3b2045247ef681d483005c7f3d19579fb9f982d9595a3ec7b94f8b24"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b4219ad..73541708 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pytest = { version = "*", optional = true }
 pyyaml = { version = "^6", optional = true }
 eval-type-backport = { version = "^0.2.2", python = "~3.9" }
 dulwich = "^0.21.4"
-whenever = "0.7.2"
+whenever = ">=0.7.2,<0.8.0"
 netutils = "^1.0.0"
 click = { version = "8.1.*", optional = true }