diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 66e8895f4a..249fb15581 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dask = ["dask[distributed]>=2023.12.1", "dask-jobqueue>=0.8.2"]
 defects = ["pymatgen-analysis-defects>=2023.8.22", "shakenbreak>=3.2.0"]
 jobflow = ["jobflow[fireworks]>=0.1.14", "jobflow-remote>=0.1.0"]
 mlp = ["matgl>=1.1.2", "chgnet>=0.3.3", "mace-torch>=0.3.3", "torch-dftd>=0.4.0"]
-mp = ["atomate2>=0.0.14"]
+mp = ["atomate2<=0.0.14"]
 newtonnet = ["newtonnet>=1.1"]
 parsl = ["parsl[monitoring]>=2024.5.27; platform_system!='Windows'"]
 phonons = ["phonopy>=2.20.0", "seekpath>=2.1.0"]