diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5144a68..ef4d1d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ requires = [
     # TODO: remove cap for mysql-connector once we figure out what's up with that
     'mysql-connector-python==8.0.17',
 
+    # TODO: relax this once changes are dealt with upstream
+    'pyramid<2',
+
     'invoke',                           # 1.4.1
     'psycopg2',                         # 2.8.4