diff --git a/default.json b/default.json
index 36c8ab7..6feffa9 100644
--- a/default.json
+++ b/default.json
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@
       ],
       "enabled": false
     },
+    {
+      "description": "pep621 deps are open >=x ranges, without this in-range releases never reach uv.lock",
+      "matchManagers": [
+        "pep621"
+      ],
+      "rangeStrategy": "update-lockfile"
+    },
     {
       "description": "aiogram/telegram-bot-api is rebuilt daily with the same binary, a digest pin would never age past the release gate",
       "matchPackageNames": [