diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 0c10ccbc3e..e8d174b76d 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -59,16 +59,6 @@
       ],
       "allowedVersions": "<5"
     },
-    {
-      "groupName": "allowed lxml versions",
-      "matchManagers": [
-        "setup-cfg"
-      ],
-      "matchPackageNames": [
-        "lxml"
-      ],
-      "allowedVersions": "<5"
-    },
     {
       "groupName": "allowed pytest versions",
       "matchManagers": [
diff --git a/src/backend/setup.cfg b/src/backend/setup.cfg
index c10659cde7..218cc971c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/setup.cfg
+++ b/src/backend/setup.cfg
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ install_requires =
     drf-spectacular==0.27.1
     gunicorn==21.2.0
     logging-ldp==0.0.7
-    lxml<5
+    lxml==5.2.1
     oauthlib==3.2.2
     Pillow==10.2.0
     psycopg[binary]==3.1.18