diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c2d3b864..638b9ad7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 fonttools[repacker,ufo,unicode,lxml]==4.47.2; platform_python_implementation == 'CPython'
 fonttools[repacker,ufo,unicode]==4.47.2; platform_python_implementation != 'CPython'
 glyphsLib==6.6.1
-ufo2ft==2.33.4
+ufo2ft==3.0.0a1
 fontMath==0.9.3
 booleanOperations==0.9.0
 ufoLib2==0.16.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e036c96..5d97deee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "fontMath": ">=0.9.3",
     "fonttools": ">=4.47.2",
     "glyphsLib": ">=6.6.1",
-    "ufo2ft": ">=2.33.4",
+    "ufo2ft": ">=3.0.0a1",
     "ufoLib2": ">=0.16.0",
 }