diff --git a/dvc/ignore.py b/dvc/ignore.py
index f74191eace..7bd679e1ba 100644
--- a/dvc/ignore.py
+++ b/dvc/ignore.py
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
 from itertools import chain, groupby, takewhile
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, NamedTuple, Optional, Union, overload
 
-from pathspec.patterns import GitWildMatchPattern
+try:
+    from pathspec.patterns.gitignore.spec import (  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+        GitIgnoreSpecPattern,
+    )
+except ImportError:  # pathspec<1
+    from pathspec.patterns import (
+        GitWildMatchPattern as GitIgnoreSpecPattern,
+    )
+
 from pathspec.util import normalize_file
 from pygtrie import Trie
 
@@ -34,7 +42,14 @@ class DvcIgnorePatterns(DvcIgnore):
     def __init__(
         self, pattern_list: Iterable[Union[PatternInfo, str]], dirname: str, sep: str
     ) -> None:
-        from pathspec.patterns.gitwildmatch import _DIR_MARK
+        try:
+            from pathspec.patterns.gitignore.spec import (  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+                _DIR_MARK,
+            )
+        except ImportError:  # pathspec<1
+            from pathspec.patterns.gitwildmatch import (  # type: ignore[attr-defined, no-redef]
+                _DIR_MARK,
+            )
 
         pattern_infos = [
             pattern if isinstance(pattern, PatternInfo) else PatternInfo(pattern, "")
@@ -48,7 +63,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         regex_pattern_list: list[tuple[str, bool, bool, PatternInfo]] = []
         for count, pattern_info in enumerate(pattern_infos):
-            regex, ignore = GitWildMatchPattern.pattern_to_regex(pattern_info.patterns)
+            regex, ignore = GitIgnoreSpecPattern.pattern_to_regex(pattern_info.patterns)
             if regex is not None and ignore is not None:
                 self.pattern_list.append(pattern_info)
                 regex = regex.replace(f"<{_DIR_MARK}>", f"<{_DIR_MARK}{count}>")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9912539d46..e107235483 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "networkx>=2.5",
     "omegaconf",
     "packaging>=19",
-    "pathspec>=0.10.3,<1",
+    "pathspec>=0.10.3,<2",
     "platformdirs<5,>=3.1.1",
     "psutil>=5.8",
     "pydot>=1.2.4",