diff --git a/medcat-plugins/embedding-linker/pyproject.toml b/medcat-plugins/embedding-linker/pyproject.toml
index ea012489b..3362c63de 100644
--- a/medcat-plugins/embedding-linker/pyproject.toml
+++ b/medcat-plugins/embedding-linker/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ classifiers = [
 # https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements/
 dependencies = [
   "medcat[spacy]>=2.7",
-  "transformers>=4.41.0,<5.0", # avoid major bump
+  "transformers>=4.41.0,<6.0", # avoid major bump
   "torch>=2.4.0,<3.0",
   "tqdm",
 ]
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ dependencies = [
 # projects.
 [project.optional-dependencies] # Optional
 dev = [
-  "ruff~=0.1.7",
+  "ruff>=0.1.7,<0.16.0",
   "mypy",
   "types-tqdm",
   "types-setuptools",