diff --git a/airflow-core/pyproject.toml b/airflow-core/pyproject.toml
index f288a23a148e9..2f5c4b18126ad 100644
--- a/airflow-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/airflow-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "tenacity>=8.3.0",
     "termcolor>=3.0.0",
     "typing-extensions>=4.14.1",
-    # Universal Pathlib 0.2.4 adds extra validation for Paths and our integration with local file paths
-    # Does not work with it Tracked in https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/issues/276
-    "universal-pathlib>=0.2.2,!=0.2.4",
+    # https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/56369 , rework universal-pathlib usage
+    "universal-pathlib>=0.2.6,<0.3.0",
     "uuid6>=2024.7.10",
     "apache-airflow-task-sdk<1.2.0,>=1.1.1",
     # pre-installed providers