diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 4bbe45018..1e9a1802d 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ django-extensions = "==3.2.3"
 typesense = ["typesense"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+requires = ["poetry-core==1.8.1"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.pylint.master]