diff --git a/sdks/python/pyproject.toml b/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
index 992b0fe0b..db85ba3ce 100644
--- a/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hatchet-sdk"
-version = "1.16.4"
+version = "1.16.5"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Alexander Belanger <alexander@hatchet.run>"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation = { version = ">=0.49b0", optional = true }
 opentelemetry-distro = { version = ">=0.49b0", optional = true }
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp = { version = "^1.28.0", optional = true }
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http = { version = "^1.28.0", optional = true }
-prometheus-client = "^0.21.1"
+prometheus-client = ">=0.21.1"
 pydantic-settings = "^2.7.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.lint.dependencies]