diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b06967b9cc..6ff1d8dac0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ version-cmd = "jlpm run release:bump --force --skip-commit"
 
 [tool.jupyter-releaser.hooks]
 before-bump-version = [
-    "python -m pip install --pre -U jupyterlab",
+    "python -m pip install -U jupyterlab~=4.0",
     "jlpm",
     "jlpm run build:utils",
     "python -m pip install hatch"