diff --git a/optional-requirements.txt b/optional-requirements.txt
index c0009c94..b90951aa 100644
--- a/optional-requirements.txt
+++ b/optional-requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SQLAlchemy-Utils>=0.33.5,<0.38.0
 
 # extracting metadata
 rarfile>=2.7
-scholarly>=1.2.0, <1.5
+scholarly>=1.2.0, <1.6
 
 # other
 natsort>=2.2.0,<8.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 95f3502d..a81102b8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ oauth =
     SQLAlchemy-Utils>=0.33.5,<0.38.0
 metadata =
     rarfile>=2.7
-    scholarly>=1.2.0,<1.5
+    scholarly>=1.2.0,<1.6
 comics =
     natsort>=2.2.0,<8.1.0
     comicapi>= 2.2.0,<2.3.0