diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 40f6951d..3f13c51c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ test = ["check-manifest", "testpath", "pytest", "pre-commit"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nbtlib"
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "2.0.4"
 description = "A python package to read and edit nbt data"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ image = ["Pillow"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "fa38242f5495c8778a948e3743fb67cafc14e9f93f7a174ab48a82510db81430"
+content-hash = "287ddefc1a7a6b94c046d4d1ce0e8741b8d0c5504728e2c712258063d56c6642"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -2488,8 +2488,8 @@ nbformat = [
     {file = "nbformat-5.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fcc5ab8cb74e20b19570b5be809e2dba9b82836fd2761a89066ad43394ba29f5"},
 ]
 nbtlib = [
-    {file = "nbtlib-1.12.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:55e6811aa4e4bfe9000cbe026f1fe540ebc231c8a3f3558d7819c6c7274001c6"},
-    {file = "nbtlib-1.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1642e34ace7131718c21354562a183757613f3554445e6fcf8effb155b6591f5"},
+    {file = "nbtlib-2.0.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:38d571fbf2f7ebd640639461b47fc79919a8ea8e74633ffcc8aa6b2acfc9c889"},
+    {file = "nbtlib-2.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d4b861047fb9beb546a2e3f3b776dc61b0fb5831375752a39961882e2f76cc93"},
 ]
 nest-asyncio = [
     {file = "nest_asyncio-1.5.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b98e3ec1b246135e4642eceffa5a6c23a3ab12c82ff816a92c612d68205813b2"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40ace16f..4d0831e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include = ["beet/py.typed"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
-nbtlib = "^1.12.1"
+nbtlib = ">=1.12.1,<3.0.0"
 pathspec = "^0.9.0"
 pydantic = "^1.9.0"
 click = "^8.1.2"