1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 79ae06ce5d..8419ab3aca 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
     # Note: 21.1.0 broke `/sync`, see #9936
     "attrs>=19.2.0,!=21.1.0",
     "netaddr>=0.7.18",
-    # Jinja2 3.1.0 removes the deprecated jinja2.Markup class, which we rely on.
-    "Jinja2<3.1.0",
+    # Jinja 2.x is incompatible with MarkupSafe>=2.1. To ensure that admins do not
+    # end up with a broken installation, with recent MarkupSafe but old Jinja, we
+    # add a lower bound to the Jinja2 dependency.
+    "Jinja2>=3.0",
     "bleach>=1.4.3",
     # We use `ParamSpec`, which was added in `typing-extensions` 3.10.0.0.
     "typing-extensions>=3.10.0",