diff --git a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
index f6c4cd14e7..48693ae3e3 100644
--- a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ numpy = ">=1.17"
 tqdm = ">=4.27"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
 requests = ">=2.25"
-sentencepiece = { version = ">=0.1.98,<=0.2.0", optional = true }
+sentencepiece = { version = ">=0.1.98,<0.3.0", optional = true }
 PySide6 = { version = "^6.9", python = ">=3.9,<3.14", optional = true }
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d71b055a8..422f53c7c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9"
 numpy = "^1.25.0"
-sentencepiece = ">=0.1.98,<=0.2.0"
+sentencepiece = ">=0.1.98,<0.3.0"
 transformers = ">=4.35.2,<5.0.0"
 protobuf = ">=4.21.0,<5.0.0"
 gguf = { path = "./gguf-py" }
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
index dbab3b9508..4898bf7ee2 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy~=1.26.4
-sentencepiece~=0.2.0
+sentencepiece>=0.1.98,<0.3.0
 
 transformers>=4.57.1,<5.0.0