diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 320a4e093..6bdd4439d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def get_setup_version(reponame):
     "hvplot",
     "holoviews >=1.17.0",
     "packaging",
-    "intake",
+    "intake <2",
     "jinja2 >3.0"
 ]