diff --git a/deploy-agent/setup.py b/deploy-agent/setup.py
index db452f61a2..b6fb9f4446 100644
--- a/deploy-agent/setup.py
+++ b/deploy-agent/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 install_requires = [
     "requests==2.20.0",
     "gevent>=1.0.2,<=1.2.2; python_version < '3'",
-    "gevent>=1.0.2,<=1.5.0; python_version >= '3'",
+    "gevent>=1.0.2,<=1.5.0; python_version < '3.8'",
+    "gevent==20.12.0; python_version >= '3.8'",
     "lockfile==0.10.2",
     "boto>=2.39.0",
     "python-daemon==2.0.6",