diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e582e0..a485d89 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ocrd >= 2.23.3
 numpy <1.24.0
 scikit-learn >= 0.23.2
-tensorflow == 2.13.0 # TF 2.14 or greater pulls incompatible Keras 3
+tensorflow <2.16.0 # TF 2.16 or greater pulls incompatible Keras 3
 imutils >= 0.5.3
 matplotlib
 setuptools >= 50