diff --git a/sdks/python/setup.py b/sdks/python/setup.py
index 61858fa5d978..7f9fbb5520e7 100644
--- a/sdks/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdks/python/setup.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def get_portability_package_data():
             'needle>=0.5.0,<1',
             'chromedriver-binary>=100,<101',
             # use a fixed major version of PIL for different python versions
-            'pillow>=7.1.1,<8',
+            'pillow>=7.1.1,<10',
           ],
           'aws': ['boto3 >=1.9'],
           'azure': [