diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7788fb1f7..e2cd308e7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ repos:
           - tornado~=6.4
           - APScheduler~=3.10.4
           - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
-          - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
+          - aiolimiter~=1.1,<1.3
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
     rev: 24.4.2
     hooks:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ repos:
           - tornado~=6.4
           - APScheduler~=3.10.4
           - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
-          - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
+          - aiolimiter~=1.1,<1.3
           - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
     rev: v1.10.1
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ repos:
           - tornado~=6.4
           - APScheduler~=3.10.4
           - cachetools>=5.3.3,<5.5.0
-          - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
+          - aiolimiter~=1.1,<1.3
           - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
     - id: mypy
       name: mypy-examples
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f0482409e..3721a834f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ PTB can be installed with optional dependencies:
 * ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[passport]"`` installs the `cryptography>=39.0.1 <https://cryptography.io/en/stable>`_ library. Use this, if you want to use Telegram Passport related functionality.
 * ``pip install "python-telegram-bot[socks]"`` installs `httpx[socks] <https://www.python-httpx.org/#dependencies>`_. Use this, if you want to work behind a Socks5 server.
 * ``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[rate-limiter]"`` installs `aiolimiter~=1.1,<1.3 <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,<5.6.0 <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``.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a63d90f4..587522956 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ passport = [
     "cffi >= 1.17.0rc1; python_version > '3.12'"
 ]
 rate-limiter = [
-    "aiolimiter~=1.1.0",
+    "aiolimiter>=1.1,<1.3",
 ]
 socks = [
     "httpx[socks]",