diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a0400c07301..1242c331ec2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ widestring = "0.5.1"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = { path = "pyo3-build-config", version = "0.21.0-dev", features = ["resolve-config"] }
+pyo3-build-config = { path = "pyo3-build-config", version = "=0.21.0-dev", features = ["resolve-config"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["macros"]
diff --git a/pyo3-ffi/Cargo.toml b/pyo3-ffi/Cargo.toml
index bc40d86ca19..8021dc72b69 100644
--- a/pyo3-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pyo3-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ abi3-py312 = ["abi3", "pyo3-build-config/abi3-py312"]
 generate-import-lib = ["pyo3-build-config/python3-dll-a"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = { path = "../pyo3-build-config", version = "0.21.0-dev", features = ["resolve-config"] }
+pyo3-build-config = { path = "../pyo3-build-config", version = "=0.21.0-dev", features = ["resolve-config"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true