diff --git a/src/pyproject.toml.jinja b/src/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 5657fdf..b8e38ac 100644
--- a/src/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/src/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ dependencies = [
   {%- elif odoo_series == "18.0" %}
   "pypdf2<3",
   "werkzeug==3.0.*",
-  "xlrd<2",  # for xlsx support
   {%- endif %}
 ]
 addons_dirs = ["odoo/addons"]