diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ceb6877063..cb3d1b5041 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ wheel = [
   "networkx==3.3",
   "numpy==1.26.4",
   "openmm==8.2.0 ; platform_machine != 'aarch64'",
-  "packaging==24.2",
+  "packaging==25.0",
   # as per Tristan's request in ticket #3055"
   "ParmEd==4.2.2",
   "pep517==0.13.1",