diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 54153782..4082be0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - run: env | sort
       - run: make dev
-      - name: CI Dependency Patch
-        run: pip install cryptography==44.0.2
       - name: lint test docs and build
         run: make lint docs-gen test-offline # test docs build
     strategy: