diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 997c68122..e44829952 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ coloredlogs
 pydot>=1.4.1
 argcomplete>=1.12.0
 pyparsing!=3.0.2  # breaks --print-dot (pydot) https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing/issues/319
-packaging<22
 cwl-utils>=0.22
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c32b773ec..1502aa5ce 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
         "pydot >= 1.4.1",
         "argcomplete",
         "pyparsing != 3.0.2",  # breaks --print-dot (pydot) https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing/issues/319
-        "packaging<22",
         "cwl-utils >= 0.22",
     ],
     extras_require={