diff --git a/python/helpers/lib/parser.py b/python/helpers/lib/parser.py
index c2cfc8ff40..17c5e6f80b 100644
--- a/python/helpers/lib/parser.py
+++ b/python/helpers/lib/parser.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 )
 
 from packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement, Requirement
-# TODO: Replace 3p package `toml` with 3.11's new stdlib `tomllib` once we drop
-# support for Python 3.10.
-import toml
+# TODO: Replace 3p package `tomli` with 3.11's new stdlib `tomllib` once we
+#       drop support for Python 3.10.
+import tomli
 
 # Inspired by pips internal check:
 # https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/0bb3ac87f5bb149bd75cceac000844128b574385/src/pip/_internal/req/req_file.py#L35
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 
 def parse_pep621_dependencies(pyproject_path):
-    project_toml = toml.load(pyproject_path)
+    with open(pyproject_path, "rb") as file:
+        project_toml = tomli.load(file)
 
     def parse_toml_section_pep621_dependencies(pyproject_path, dependencies):
         requirement_packages = []
diff --git a/python/helpers/requirements.txt b/python/helpers/requirements.txt
index f5998ed5e9..f16e275938 100644
--- a/python/helpers/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/helpers/requirements.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ hashin==1.0.3; python_version >= '3.9'
 pipenv==2024.0.2
 plette==2.1.0
 poetry==1.8.5
-# TODO: Replace 3p package `toml` with 3.11's new stdlib `tomllib` once we drop support for Python 3.10.
-toml==0.10.2
+# TODO: Replace 3p package `tomli` with 3.11's new stdlib `tomllib` once we drop support for Python 3.10.
+tomli==2.0.1
 
 # Some dependencies will only install if Cython is present
 Cython==3.0.10