diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b493f02e8..5654bf31b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "resampy~=0.4.3",
     "soxr~=0.5.0",
     "openai~=1.74.0",
+    # Explicit dependency pins for Python 3.11+ compatibility
+    "numba>=0.61.0",
+    "llvmlite>=0.44.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]