diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d272c0fe1..dcdab5793 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed a dependency issue for uv users where an `llvmlite` version required python 3.9.
+
 - Fixed an issue in `MiniMaxHttpTTSService` where the `pitch` param was the
   incorrect type.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b493f02e8..65e80143e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ 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",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]