diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 58f143d..ffb691e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "aiofiles>=0.8",
     "aiohttp>3",
-    "backports-datetime-fromisoformat",
+    "backports-datetime-fromisoformat; python_version<'3.11'",
     "click>8",
     "click-log>0.3",
     "emoji",
diff --git a/scriv.d/20250105_214759_3806110+tjni_scope_backports.rst b/scriv.d/20250105_214759_3806110+tjni_scope_backports.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c053e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scriv.d/20250105_214759_3806110+tjni_scope_backports.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Changed
+.......
+
+- Install backports-datetime-fromisoformat only on Python < 3.11