diff --git a/docs/changelog/2499.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/2499.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce4f4e396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2499.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow platformdirs version ``3`` - by :user:`cdce8p`.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c8d26287..5169e4d61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "distlib<1,>=0.3.6",
   "filelock<4,>=3.4.1",
   'importlib-metadata>=4.8.3; python_version < "3.8"',
-  "platformdirs<3,>=2.4",
+  "platformdirs<4,>=2.4",
 ]
 optional-dependencies.docs = [
   "furo>=2022.12.7",