diff --git a/robotidy/version.py b/robotidy/version.py
index b80decf2..dfdbb7a0 100644
--- a/robotidy/version.py
+++ b/robotidy/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.17.0"
+__version__ = "4.18.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a01cd62b..411076f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "robotframework>=4.0",
-        "click==8.1.*",
+        "click>=8.1",
         "colorama>=0.4.3",
         "pathspec>=0.9.0",
         "tomli>=2.0",
diff --git a/tests/atest/__init__.py b/tests/atest/__init__.py
index a37ce9ce..4c87019d 100644
--- a/tests/atest/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/atest/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-from click.testing import CliRunner
 from packaging import version
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 from rich.console import Console
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 
 from robotidy.cli import cli
 from robotidy.utils.misc import decorate_diff_with_color
+from tests.utils import cli_runner
 
 VERSION_MATRIX = {"ReplaceReturns": 5, "InlineIf": 5, "ReplaceBreakContinue": 5, "Translate": 6, "ReplaceWithVAR": 7}
 ROBOT_VERSION = version.parse(RF_VERSION)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def run_tidy(
     ):
         if not self.enabled_in_version(target_version):
             pytest.skip(f"Test enabled only for RF {target_version}")
-        runner = CliRunner(mix_stderr=False)
+        runner = cli_runner()
         output_path = str(self.TRANSFORMERS_DIR / "actual" / source)
         arguments = ["--output", output_path]
         if not_modified:
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class MultipleConfigsTest:
     ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "configuration_files"
 
     def run_tidy(self, tmpdir, args: list[str] | None = None, exit_code: int = 0, not_modified: bool = False):
-        runner = CliRunner(mix_stderr=False)
+        runner = cli_runner()
         temporary_dir = tmpdir / self.TEST_DIR
         shutil.copytree(self.ROOT_DIR / self.TEST_DIR / "source", temporary_dir)
         arguments = []
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_transform_stability.py b/tests/e2e/test_transform_stability.py
index 08397bc5..10efc1b8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_transform_stability.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_transform_stability.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from robotidy.cli import cli
 from robotidy.transformers import TransformConfigMap, load_transformers
 from robotidy.utils.misc import ROBOT_VERSION
+from tests.utils import cli_runner
 
 RERUN_NEEDED_4 = {
     "RenameKeywords": {"run_keywords": 2, "disablers": 2},
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 def run_tidy(cmd, enable_disabled: bool):
     if enable_disabled:
         cmd = get_enable_disabled_config() + cmd
-    runner = CliRunner(mix_stderr=False)
+    runner = cli_runner()
     return runner.invoke(cli, cmd)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/utest/utils.py b/tests/utest/utils.py
index dd7ee5c8..b9f75b3c 100644
--- a/tests/utest/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utest/utils.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from click.testing import CliRunner
-
 from robotidy.cli import cli
+from tests.utils import cli_runner
 
 
 def run_tidy(
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ def run_tidy(
     std_in: str | None = None,
     overwrite_input: bool = False,
 ):
-    runner = CliRunner(mix_stderr=False)
+    runner = cli_runner()
     arguments = args if args is not None else []
     if not overwrite_input:
         if output:
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..181975bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+
+def cli_runner():
+    try:
+        return CliRunner(mix_stderr=False)
+    except TypeError:
+        return CliRunner()