diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 661187823368..195909b71b8d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 attrs>=18.0
 black==23.3.0  # must match version in .pre-commit-config.yaml
 filelock>=3.3.0
-lxml>=4.9.1; (python_version<'3.11' or sys_platform!='win32') and python_version<'3.12'
+# lxml 4.9.3 switched to manylinux_2_28, the wheel builder still uses manylinux2014
+lxml>=4.9.1,<4.9.3; (python_version<'3.11' or sys_platform!='win32') and python_version<'3.12'
 pre-commit
 pre-commit-hooks==4.4.0
 psutil>=4.0