diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index ce4cb80211..bdd2646c8e 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-black~=23.3
+black~=23.10
 mypy==1.4.1
 pip~=23.3
 pytest~=7.4