diff --git a/account_invoice_import_simple_pdf/__manifest__.py b/account_invoice_import_simple_pdf/__manifest__.py
index 62111358f0..f157a716ca 100644
--- a/account_invoice_import_simple_pdf/__manifest__.py
+++ b/account_invoice_import_simple_pdf/__manifest__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "python": [
             "regex",
             "dateparser",
-            "pypdf>=3.1.0",
+            "pypdf>=3.1.0,<5.0",
         ],
         "deb": ["libmupdf-dev", "mupdf", "mupdf-tools", "poppler-utils"],
     },
diff --git a/pdf_helper/__manifest__.py b/pdf_helper/__manifest__.py
index f59b56b1cf..f565a3189b 100644
--- a/pdf_helper/__manifest__.py
+++ b/pdf_helper/__manifest__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
     "depends": [
         "base",
     ],
-    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["pypdf"]},
+    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["pypdf>=3.1.0,<5.0"]},
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d72b73d55c..c286b36efc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ factur-x
 invoice2data
 ovh
 phonenumbers
-pypdf
-pypdf>=3.1.0
+pypdf>=3.1.0,<5.0
 pyyaml
 regex
 xmlschema