diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 68fd20e4b..c7d45c1fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pymupdf = "1.26.1"
 pypdf = "5.6.0"
 gunicorn = "23.0.0"
 python-daemon = "3.1.2"
-pytz = "^2025.2"
+pytz = "2025.2"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]