diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 59b6398b8e6eebc34b5e366e6194183fce3ab426..485d2315edc7dfedbabc826efb1c0dd3a2887db0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools_scm[toml]==7.1.0",
     "cmake>=3.15.3.post1",
     "toml",
-    "opencv-python",
+    "opencv-python>=4.9.0.80",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"