diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3328785e..eaa9e5b1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ requires = [
     # (still, probably a better idea is to refactor so we can use 0.9)
     'webhelpers2_grid==0.1',            # 0.1
 
+    # TODO: latest version breaks us totally!  need to fix ASAP, but
+    # for the moment, must restrict version
+    'Beaker<1.12',                      # 1.11.0
+
     # TODO: remove version cap once we can drop support for python 2.x
     'cornice<5.0',                      # 3.4.2                 4.0.1