diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b653a5646..a3be808496 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 shellcomplete = ["click_completion"]
+# TODO: Use 'tensorflow' for all platform_machine for tensorflow v2.16.x+
+# NOTE: macos x86 support is deprecated from tensorflow v2.17.0 onwards.
 tensorflow = [
-    "tensorflow>=2.7.0; platform_machine != 'arm64'",  # c.f. PR #1962
-    "tensorflow-macos>=2.7.0; platform_machine == 'arm64' and platform_system == 'Darwin'",  # c.f. PR #2119
+    "tensorflow>=2.7.0,!=2.16.1; platform_machine != 'arm64'",  # c.f. PR #1962, #2448
+    "tensorflow-macos>=2.7.0,!=2.16.1; platform_machine == 'arm64' and platform_system == 'Darwin'",  # c.f. PR #2119, #2448
     "tensorflow-probability>=0.11.0",  # c.f. PR #1657
 ]
 torch = ["torch>=1.10.0"]  # c.f. PR #1657