diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f482155c25a19039b8afc4343d10186db321cd0..84a38b277dff5a5397ca437bb8bd8dcb83ebae80 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def setup_package():
                           "jsonref",
                           "jsonschema[format]>=4.4.0",
                           "numpy>=1.24.0",
-                          "openpyxl>=3.0.7",
+                          "openpyxl>=3.1.2,!=3.1.3",
                           "pandas>=1.2.0",
                           "xlrd>=2.0",
                           ],