diff --git a/playout/requirements.txt b/playout/requirements.txt
index 359cff861..ba9c9ceda 100644
--- a/playout/requirements.txt
+++ b/playout/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 backports.zoneinfo>=0.2.1,<0.3;python_version<'3.9'
 jinja2>=3.0.3,<3.2
 kombu==4.6.11
-lxml>=4.5.0,<4.10.0
+lxml>=4.5.0,<5.1.0
 mutagen>=1.45.1,<1.48
 python-dateutil>=2.8.1,<2.9
 requests>=2.31.0,<2.32
diff --git a/playout/setup.py b/playout/setup.py
index d9dde3359..a523ba21d 100644
--- a/playout/setup.py
+++ b/playout/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setup(
         "backports.zoneinfo>=0.2.1,<0.3;python_version<'3.9'",
         "jinja2>=3.0.3,<3.2",
         "kombu==4.6.11",
-        "lxml>=4.5.0,<4.10.0",
+        "lxml>=4.5.0,<5.1.0",
         "mutagen>=1.45.1,<1.48",
         "python-dateutil>=2.8.1,<2.9",
         "requests>=2.31.0,<2.32",
diff --git a/tools/python.mk b/tools/python.mk
index deb20d60c..039dcfa94 100644
--- a/tools/python.mk
+++ b/tools/python.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ install: $(VENV)
 $(VENV):
 	python3 -m venv $(VENV)
 	$(VENV)/bin/pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-	$(VENV)/bin/pip install \
+	$(VENV)/bin/pip install --prefer-binary \
 		--requirement ../tools/python-requirements.txt \
 		$(PIP_INSTALL)