diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef3cb4528fe..3d8332920d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ beautifulsoup4>=4.0.0,<=4.14.3
 # #2328 - 5.2.0 and 5.2.1 had extra CPU flag CFLAGS set which was not compatible on older hardware
 #         It could be advantageous to run its own pypi package here with those performance flags set
 #         https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/2059910/comments/16
-lxml >=4.8.0,!=5.2.0,!=5.2.1,<7
+lxml !=5.2.0,!=5.2.1,>=6.1.0,<7
 
 # XPath 2.0-3.1 support - 4.2.0 had issues, 4.1.5 stable
 # Consider updating to latest stable version periodically