diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 494cf90c75..473829adcd 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-storages==1.14.4",
     "sentry-sdk>=2.14.0",
     "boto3==1.35.76",
-    "pycountry<20.0,>=19.8",
+    "pycountry>=19.8,<25.0",
     "countries<1.0.0,>=0.2.0",
     "django-ses==4.1.1",
     "hashids<2.0.0,>=1.2.0",