diff --git a/changes/1534.misc.rst b/changes/1534.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b663c438e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1534.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update platformdirs requirement from <4.0,>=2.6 to >=2.6,<5.0.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 810541366..0e63a98ce 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ install_requires =
     cookiecutter >= 2.3.1, < 3.0
     dmgbuild >= 1.6, < 2.0; sys_platform == "darwin"
     GitPython >= 3.1, < 4.0
-    platformdirs >= 2.6, < 4.0
+    platformdirs >= 2.6, < 5.0
     psutil >= 5.9, < 6.0
     requests >= 2.28, < 3.0
     rich >= 12.6, < 14.0