diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2b815e854..f1acf8a4f5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pygments>=2.7.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.0.0
-PyJWT>=2.0.0, <3.0.0
+PyJWT==1.7.1
 aiohttp>=3.9.0
 aiohttp-retry>=2.8.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1737206707..5d55ad706e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     python_requires=">=3.7.0",
     install_requires=[
         "requests >= 2.0.0",
-        "PyJWT >= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0",
+        "PyJWT == 1.7.1",
         "aiohttp>=3.8.4",
         "aiohttp-retry>=2.8.3",
     ],