diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 980b15c37..1ee3c567d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "jupyter_server>=1.16.0,<2",
+    "jupyter_server>=2.0.0rc3,<3",
     "jupyterlab>=4.0.0a31,<5",
     "jupyterlab_server>=2.13,<3",
     "notebook_shim>=0.1,<0.2",