diff --git a/mmpose/__init__.py b/mmpose/__init__.py
index dda49513fa..4b151c5bac 100644
--- a/mmpose/__init__.py
+++ b/mmpose/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from .version import __version__, short_version
 
 mmcv_minimum_version = '2.0.0rc4'
-mmcv_maximum_version = '2.3.0'
+mmcv_maximum_version = '3.0.0'
 mmcv_version = digit_version(mmcv.__version__)
 
 mmengine_minimum_version = '0.6.0'
diff --git a/requirements/mminstall.txt b/requirements/mminstall.txt
index 32eb00aceb..b94ab11e00 100644
--- a/requirements/mminstall.txt
+++ b/requirements/mminstall.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-mmcv>=2.0.0,<2.2.0
+mmcv>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 mmdet>=3.0.0,<3.3.0
 mmengine>=0.4.0,<1.0.0