diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fa27fcd8a..ce2476bfe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ urls.Documentation = "https://scirpy.readthedocs.io/"
 urls.Source = "https://github.com/scverse/scirpy"
 urls.Home-page = "https://github.com/scverse/scirpy"
 dependencies = [
-    'anndata>=0.9,<0.10.9', # TODO remove constraint
+    'anndata>=0.9'
     'awkward>=2.1.0',
     'mudata>=0.2.3',
     'scanpy>=1.9.3',