diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c3dc593..a208493 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "pydantic>=2",
   "typing-extensions>=4.7.1",
   "authlib>=1.3.2,<2.0.0",
-  "cryptography>=44.0.1,<45.0.0",
   "requests>=2.32.4,<3.0.0",
 ]
 
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ documentation = "https://github.com/zitadel/client-python"
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
+  "cryptography>=44.0.1,<47.0.0",
   "pytest>=7.2.1",
   "pytest-cov>=2.8.1",
   "tox>=3.9.0",