diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0e71ae140..9faa5a1fb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["jupyter_packaging~=0.10", "jupyterlab>=3.1.0rc2,==3.1.*"]
+requires = ["jupyter_packaging~=0.10", "jupyterlab~=3.1"]
 build-backend = "jupyter_packaging.build_api"
 
 [license]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6e2538e07..6343f4d0d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
-	jupyterlab>=3.1.0rc2,<4
+	jupyterlab~=3.1
 	jupyterlab_server~=2.3
 	jupyter_server~=1.4
 	nbclassic~=0.2