diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5b168c1e..96c2a5055 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "awkward>=2.4.2",
   "uproot>=5.0.10",
   "dask[array]>=2023.4.0",
-  "dask-awkward>=2023.7.1,!=2023.8.0",
+  "dask-awkward>=2023.9.1",
   "dask-histogram>=2023.6.0",
   "correctionlib>=2.0.0",
   "pyarrow>=6.0.0",