diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e0d933ea11c..0aa5f1a15bf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repos:
           - httpx~=0.27
           - tornado~=6.4
           - APScheduler~=3.10.4
-          - cachetools~=5.3.3
+          - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
           - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
     rev: 24.4.2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repos:
           - httpx~=0.27
           - tornado~=6.4
           - APScheduler~=3.10.4
-          - cachetools~=5.3.3
+          - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
           - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
           - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ repos:
           - httpx~=0.27
           - tornado~=6.4
           - APScheduler~=3.10.4
-          - cachetools~=5.3.3
+          - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
           - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
           - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
     - id: mypy
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ repos:
       additional_dependencies:
         - tornado~=6.4
         - APScheduler~=3.10.4
-        - cachetools~=5.3.3
+        - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
         - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
     rev: v3.16.0
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 09b01d923a8..7bf24728b3d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ PTB can be installed with optional dependencies:
 * ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[http2]"`` installs `httpx[http2] <https://www.python-httpx.org/#dependencies>`_. Use this, if you want to use HTTP/2.
 * ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[rate-limiter]"`` installs `aiolimiter~=1.1.0 <https://aiolimiter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_. Use this, if you want to use ``telegram.ext.AIORateLimiter``.
 * ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[webhooks]"`` installs the `tornado~=6.4 <https://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/>`_ library. Use this, if you want to use ``telegram.ext.Updater.start_webhook``/``telegram.ext.Application.run_webhook``.
-* ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[callback-data]"`` installs the `cachetools~=5.3.3 <https://cachetools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ library. Use this, if you want to use `arbitrary callback_data <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Arbitrary-callback_data>`_.
+* ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[callback-data]"`` installs the `cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0 <https://cachetools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ library. Use this, if you want to use `arbitrary callback_data <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Arbitrary-callback_data>`_.
 * ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[job-queue]"`` installs the `APScheduler~=3.10.4 <https://apscheduler.readthedocs.io/en/3.x/>`_ library and enforces `pytz>=2018.6 <https://pypi.org/project/pytz/>`_, where ``pytz`` is a dependency of ``APScheduler``. Use this, if you want to use the ``telegram.ext.JobQueue``.
 
 To install multiple optional dependencies, separate them by commas, e.g. ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[socks,webhooks]"``.
@@ -232,4 +232,4 @@ License
 You may copy, distribute and modify the software provided that modifications are described and licensed for free under `LGPL-3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>`_.
 Derivatives works (including modifications or anything statically linked to the library) can only be redistributed under LGPL-3, but applications that use the library don't have to be.
 
-.. _`GitHub releases page`: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/releases>
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _`GitHub releases page`: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/releases>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2484250c3d5..551c10b1dcc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ all = [
 ]
 callback-data = [
     # Cachetools doesn't have a strict stability policy. Let's be cautious for now.
-    "cachetools~=5.3.3",
+    "cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0",
 ]
 ext = [
     "python-telegram-bot[callback-data,job-queue,rate-limiter,webhooks]",