diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index a963b3ce8..6b25378ff 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ ovos-core[lgpl]~=0.0.8
 
 neon-utils[network,audio]~=1.11,>=1.11.1a7
 # TODO: `audio` extra for dependency resolution
-ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.38
+ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.38,<0.6.0
+# TODO: ovos-utils 0.6 constraint added to minimize deprecation logs on startup
 ovos-bus-client~=0.0,>=0.0.10
 neon-transformers~=0.2,>=0.2.1a4
 ovos-config~=0.0,>=0.0.12