diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 02cd7e6b..d0b8aaa2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requires-python = '>=3.8'
 dependencies = [
     'pymeos-cffi >=1.1.0, <2',
     'python-dateutil',
-    'shapely',
+    'shapely>=2.0.0',
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ pandas = [
 'Changelog' = 'https://github.com/MobilityDB/PyMEOS/blob/master/pymeos/CHANGELOG.md'
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "pymeos.__version__" }
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+version = { attr = "pymeos.__version__" }