diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cfa12d9..c30287f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ requires = [
     #
     # package                           # low                   high
 
-    'Fabric',                           # 1.14.0
+    'Fabric<2.0',                       # 1.14.0
     'invoke',                           # 0.22.1
 ]
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setup(
     author_email = "lance@edbob.org",
     url = "https://rattailproject.org/",
     license = "GNU GPL v3",
-    description = "Fabric Utilities for Rattail",
+    description = "Fabric (v1) Utilities for Rattail",
     long_description = README,
 
     classifiers = [