diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ba73237f9..a23f5e1e58 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "argon2-cffi",
     "jinja2",
     "jupyter_client>=7.4.4",
-    "jupyter_core>=4.12,!=~5.0",
+    "jupyter_core>=4.12,!=5.0.*",
     "jupyter_server_terminals",
     "nbconvert>=6.4.4",
     "nbformat>=5.3.0",