diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc1c196d0..4b8a6dcf6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'dargs>=0.4.0',
     'h5py',
     'pymatgen-analysis-defects',
-    'openbabel-wheel',
+    'openbabel>=3.2.0',
     'packaging',
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"