diff --git a/eth_account/account.py b/eth_account/account.py
index aa3fd0a4..c81f62ff 100644
--- a/eth_account/account.py
+++ b/eth_account/account.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def decrypt(keyfile_json: Union[str, Dict[str, Any]], password: str) -> HexBytes
         # type ignored because eth_keyfile appears to be using the wrong type for
         # the password arg.
         # once fixed there, this should error and can be removed
-        return HexBytes(decode_keyfile_json(keyfile, password_bytes))  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: E501
+        return HexBytes(decode_keyfile_json(keyfile, password_bytes))
 
     @classmethod
     def encrypt(
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def encrypt(
         # the password arg.
         # once fixed there, this should error and can be removed
         return create_keyfile_json(
-            key_bytes, password_bytes, kdf=kdf, iterations=iterations  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: E501
+            key_bytes, password_bytes, kdf=kdf, iterations=iterations
         )
 
     @combomethod
diff --git a/newsfragments/305.breaking.rst b/newsfragments/305.breaking.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d61adbd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/305.breaking.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Move ``eth-keyfile`` dependency up to ``>=0.9.0`` to account for change in typing there.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5144c54d..6b49002b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "bitarray>=2.4.0",
-        "eth-abi>=4.0.0-b.2",
-        "eth-keyfile>=0.7.0, <0.9.0",
+        "eth-abi>=4.0.0",
+        "eth-keyfile>=0.9.0",
         "eth-keys>=0.4.0",
         "eth-rlp>=2.1.0",
         "eth-utils>=2.0.0",