diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eedebb22..c1ce19af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "cryptography",
   "pem",
   "pydantic",
-  "pyjwt",
+  "pyjwt>=2.1",
   "pyOpenSSL",
   "requests",
   "securesystemslib",