diff --git a/playout/requirements.txt b/playout/requirements.txt
index 84e5410cb..9e6311f5a 100644
--- a/playout/requirements.txt
+++ b/playout/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 backports.zoneinfo>=0.2.1,<0.3;python_version<'3.9'
 jinja2>=3.0.3,<3.2
 kombu==4.6.11
-lxml>=4.5.0,<6.0.0
+lxml>=4.5.0,<6.1.0
 mutagen>=1.45.1,<1.48
 python-dateutil>=2.8.1,<2.10
 requests>=2.32.2,<2.33
diff --git a/playout/setup.py b/playout/setup.py
index c3525feb6..6e1243819 100644
--- a/playout/setup.py
+++ b/playout/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setup(
         "backports.zoneinfo>=0.2.1,<0.3;python_version<'3.9'",
         "jinja2>=3.0.3,<3.2",
         "kombu==4.6.11",
-        "lxml>=4.5.0,<6.0.0",
+        "lxml>=4.5.0,<6.1.0",
         "mutagen>=1.45.1,<1.48",
         "python-dateutil>=2.8.1,<2.10",
         "requests>=2.32.2,<2.33",