diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 5fd6a5fe37..9f26a8f736 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -105,13 +105,6 @@ event-tracking==3.0.0
 # https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/31616
 libsass==0.10.0
 
-# Date: 2024-04-30
-# lxml>=5.0 introduced breaking changes related to system dependencies
-# lxml==5.2.1 introduced new extra so we'll nee to rename lxml --> lxml[html-clean]
-# This constraint can be removed once we upgrade to Python 3.11
-# Issue for unpinning: https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/35272
-lxml<5.0
-
 # Date: 2018-12-14
 # markdown>=3.4.0 has failures due to internal refactorings which causes the tests to fail
 # pinning the version untill the issue gets resolved in the package itself
diff --git a/requirements/edx/kernel.in b/requirements/edx/kernel.in
index a5b510742a..7323c243ac 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/kernel.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/kernel.in
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ importlib_metadata                  # Used to access entry_points in i18n_api pl
 jsonfield                           # Django model field for validated JSON; used in several apps
 laboratory                          # Library for testing that code refactors/infrastructure changes produce identical results
 importlib_metadata                  # Used to access entry_points in i18n_api plugin
-lxml                                # XML parser
+lxml[html_clean]                    # XML parser
 lti-consumer-xblock>=7.3.0
 mako                                # Primary template language used for server-side page rendering
 Markdown                            # Convert text markup to HTML; used in capa problems, forums, and course wikis