diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1712b82..819a8ee 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    defusedxml>=0.7.1
+    defusedxml>=0.8.0rc2
     ruamel.yaml>=0.15
     tomli>=1.1.0;python_version<"3.11"
 python_requires = >=3.10