diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40e7d51e..f36afae4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "html2text < 2020.2",
     "jinja2 >= 3.1.2",
     "langid < 2",
-    "lxml >= 3.1.0",
+    "lxml ~= 5.2",
+    "lxml_html_clean >= 0.1.1",
     "markdown >= 3.0",
     "miniupnpc < 2.1",
     "mutagen < 2",