diff --git a/requirements/text_test.txt b/requirements/text_test.txt
index 2aa06516fee..eb9d69af225 100644
--- a/requirements/text_test.txt
+++ b/requirements/text_test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
-jiwer >=2.3.0, <=3.0.2
+jiwer >=2.3.0, <3.1.0
 rouge-score >0.1.0, <=0.1.2
 bert_score ==0.3.13
 huggingface-hub <0.16  # hotfix, failing SDR for latest PT 1.11