diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34181459..f476b961 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ classifiers = [
 python = ">=3.8.0,<4"
 datadog = ">=0.51.0,<1.0.0"
 wrapt = "^1.11.2"
-ddtrace = ">=2.20.0"
+ddtrace = ">=2.20.0,<4"
 ujson = ">=5.9.0"
 boto3 = { version = "^1.34.0", optional = true }
 requests = { version ="^2.22.0", optional = true }