diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4cff585..67035d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy",
     "requests",
     "GitPython",
-    "cyclonedx-python-lib==8.5.*; sys_platform == 'linux'",
+    "cyclonedx-python-lib>=11.0.0; sys_platform == 'linux'",
     "defusedxml",
 ]
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f48940..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-XlsxWriter
-pandas
-openpyxl
-progress
-PyYAML
-lastversion
-coloredlogs
-
-beautifulsoup4
-jsonmerge
-spdx-tools==0.8.2;sys_platform=="linux"
-setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-numpy
-requests
-GitPython
-cyclonedx-python-lib==8.5.*;sys_platform=="linux"
-defusedxml