diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 26caed96..a5aee259 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
           virtualenv mocpy-env
           .\mocpy-env\Scripts\activate
           # Install and use maturin
-          pip install maturin==1.6
+          pip install maturin
           maturin develop --release
           # Install dependencies
           pip install .[dev]
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5c4a1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pyd
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41b33ddd..a0efef4b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/cds-astro/mocpy"
 
 # Build a mocpy-x.x.x.tar.gz containing sources (from maturin).
 [build-system]
-requires = ["maturin>=0.13, < 1.7"]
+requires = ["maturin>=0.13"]
 build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [tool.maturin]