diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e4a4cff..68cbdca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ optional-dependencies.fileio = [
   "fsspec[abfs,dask,gcs,git,github,http,s3,smb]<2024.11",
   "pathlibfs<0.6",
   "python-magic<0.5",
-  "yarl<1.16",
+  "yarl<1.18",
 ]
 optional-dependencies.nlp = [
   "aiohttp<3.11",