diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb8b5cc..843b5b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # Pinned to the minor: tlgr reads a handful of Telethon internals
     # (`_save_states_and_entities`, raw TL constructors at layer 227), and a
     # minor bump has moved those before. `~=1.44.0` allows 1.44.x patches only.
-    "telethon~=1.44.0",
+    "telethon>=1.44,<1.46",
     "click>=8.0",
     "aiohttp>=3.9",
     # msgspec is the single wire-shape definition (models, requests, schema).
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 290967d..12157a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Pinned to the minor in pyproject; tlgr reads a handful of Telethon
 # internals and a minor bump has moved them before.
-telethon~=1.44.0
+telethon>=1.44,<1.46
 click>=8.0
 aiohttp>=3.9
 tomli>=2.0