diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4c61d3..8b3ded3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 development = [
-    "black",
+    "black>=23.1.0",
     "build",
     "mypy",
     "pytest-asyncio",
@@ -171,11 +171,6 @@ required-imports = [
     "from __future__ import annotations",
 ]
 
-[tool.black]
-# This option takes *multiple* Python versions and should include all supported Python
-# versions, but this may change in the future. https://github.com/psf/black/issues/751
-target-version = ["py310", "py311"]
-
 [tool.mypy]
 strict = true
 namespace_packages = true