diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 178d8cbc..e159fac2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=13",
     "humanize>=4",
     "protobuf>=5",
-    "pydantic_xml[lxml]>=2.11",  # TODO benchmark lxml vs. elementtree - first impression eltree faster
+    "xmltodict>=0.13.0",
 
     # ---------------------------------------
     # Dependencies that we develop