diff --git a/packages/serialization/text/pyproject.toml b/packages/serialization/text/pyproject.toml
index e498df1..e19292f 100644
--- a/packages/serialization/text/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/serialization/text/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ microsoft-kiota-abstractions = {path="../../abstractions/", develop=true}
 python-dateutil = "2.9.0.post0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-yapf = "^0.40.2"
+yapf = ">=0.40.2,<0.44.0"
 isort = "^5.13.2"
 pylint = "^3.2.7"
 mypy = "^1.11.2"