diff --git a/packages/markitup/pyproject.toml b/packages/markitup/pyproject.toml
index 6c132ba..5bcd9af 100644
--- a/packages/markitup/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/markitup/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "python-pptx",
   "mammoth",
   "pandas",
-  "xlrd",
   "lxml",
   "olefile",
   "pydub",
diff --git a/packages/markitup/uv.lock b/packages/markitup/uv.lock
index fa5560b..5d9ff8d 100644
--- a/packages/markitup/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/markitup/uv.lock
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "python-pptx" },
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "speechrecognition" },
-    { name = "xlrd" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -365,7 +364,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "python-pptx" },
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "speechrecognition" },
-    { name = "xlrd" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -824,15 +822,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6b/11/cc635220681e93a0183390e26485430ca2c7b5f9d33b15c74c2861cb8091/urllib3-2.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4e16665048960a0900c702d4a66415956a584919c03361cac9f1df5c5dd7e813", size = 128680 },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xlrd"
-version = "2.0.1"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a6/b3/19a2540d21dea5f908304375bd43f5ed7a4c28a370dc9122c565423e6b44/xlrd-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f72f148f54442c6b056bf931dbc34f986fd0c3b0b6b5a58d013c9aef274d0c88", size = 100259 }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a6/0c/c2a72d51fe56e08a08acc85d13013558a2d793028ae7385448a6ccdfae64/xlrd-2.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6a33ee89877bd9abc1158129f6e94be74e2679636b8a205b43b85206c3f0bbdd", size = 96531 },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xlsxwriter"
 version = "3.2.3"