diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 24b52c54db..0581a2e7cf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     * Close Unix sockets if the connection attempt fails. This prevents `ResourceWarning`s. (#3314)
     * Close SSL sockets if the connection attempt fails, or if validations fail. (#3317)
     * Eliminate mutable default arguments in the `redis.commands.core.Script` class. (#3332)
+    * Allow newer versions of PyJWT as dependency. (#3630)
 
 * 4.1.3 (Feb 8, 2022)
   * Fix flushdb and flushall (#1926)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab3e4cd77e..5cd40c0212 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ocsp = [
     "requests>=2.31.0",
 ]
 jwt = [
-    "PyJWT~=2.9.0",
+    "PyJWT>=2.9.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]