diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75500a72f..fb795dc37 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools<=65.7.0", 
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", 
-    "babel",
+    "babel==2.11.0",
     "build==0.10.0",
     "wheel",
     "twine"