diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a61aa582dcc..e7bf30cce97 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "Pillow>=9.3.0",
     "pypng>=0.0.20",
     "psutil>=5.9.2",
-    "usd-core>=24.8",
+    "usd-core==24.8",
     "pygltflib>=1.16.2"
 ]