diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a6366337e..e86ea4b09 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "ruamel.yaml>=0.16.1",
     "toml>=0.10.1",
     "funcy>=1.14",
-    "pathspec>=0.6.0",
+    "pathspec>=0.6.0,<0.9.0",
     "shortuuid>=0.5.0",
     "tqdm>=4.45.0,<5",
     "packaging>=19.0",