diff --git a/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml b/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml
index 8686c9e7a..b9f1f6cfd 100644
--- a/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
-dependencies = ["haystack-ai>=2.0.1", "fastembed>=0.2.5"]
+dependencies = ["haystack-ai>=2.0.1", "fastembed>=0.2.5", "onnxruntime<1.20.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Source = "https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-core-integrations"