diff --git a/hatch_build.py b/hatch_build.py
index 85354306821d0..8be26e767e9c3 100644
--- a/hatch_build.py
+++ b/hatch_build.py
@@ -497,7 +497,9 @@
     # See https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/31693
     # We should also remove "3rd-party-licenses/LICENSE-unicodecsv.txt" file when we remove this dependency
     "unicodecsv>=0.14.1",
-    "universal-pathlib>=0.2.2",
+    # Universal Pathlib 0.2.4 adds extra validation for Paths and our integration with local file paths
+    # Does not work with it Tracked in https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/issues/276
+    "universal-pathlib>=0.2.2,!=0.2.4",
     # Werkzug 3 breaks Flask-Login 0.6.2, also connexion needs to be updated to >= 3.0
     # we should remove this limitation when FAB supports Flask 2.3 and we migrate connexion to 3+
     "werkzeug>=2.0,<3",