diff --git a/emmet-core/setup.py b/emmet-core/setup.py
index b57db062b7..b3ed90bf41 100644
--- a/emmet-core/setup.py
+++ b/emmet-core/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "monty>=2021.3,<2023.0",
         "pydantic==1.8.2",
         "pybtex~=0.24",
-        "spglib<2.0.0",
+        "spglib<3.0.0",
         "typing-extensions>=3.7,<5.0",
         "robocrys>=0.2.7",
         "pymatgen-analysis-diffusion>=2022.1.15",