diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8481dbd..1000e509 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 # Upper bound is deliberate: mcp 2.x is a breaking rewrite (FastMCP -> MCPServer).
 # src/agentops/mcp/server.py targets the 1.x FastMCP API. Do not widen to <3
 # without porting that module first.
-mcp = ["mcp>=1.28.1,<2"]
+mcp = ["mcp>=1.28.1,<3"]
 cockpit = [
   "fastapi>=0.110,<1.0",
   "uvicorn[standard]>=0.30,<1.0",