diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/pyproject.toml
index 341e946bbf..0a8b8a937d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 instruments = [
   "aiohttp ~= 3.0",
-  "yarl == 1.8.2",
 ]
 test = [
   "opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client[instruments]",