diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9cc257..7516b86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "click==8.1.7",
     "click-params~=0.5.0",
     "license-expression~=30.4.0",
-    "packageurl-python~=0.16.0",
+    "packageurl-python>=0.16,<0.18",
     "wasabi~=1.1.3",
     "dataclasses-json~=0.6.7",
     "cyclonedx-python-lib~=8.5.0",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e69938..a006384 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spdx-tools>=0.8.2
 click==8.1.7
 click-params~=0.5.0
 license-expression~=30.4.0
-packageurl-python~=0.16.0
+packageurl-python>=0.16,<0.18
 wasabi~=1.1.3
 dataclasses-json~=0.6.7
 cyclonedx-python-lib~=8.5.0