diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f324f89..754309a2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     author_email="alchem0x2a@gmail.com, ben.comer@gatech.edu",
     url="https://github.com/SPARC-X/SPARC-X-API",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=["ase>=3.22.0", "numpy>=1.23", "packaging>=20.0", "psutil>=5.0.0"],
+    install_requires=["ase==3.22.0", "numpy>=1.23", "packaging>=20.0", "psutil>=5.0.0"],
     entry_points={
         "ase.io": [
             "sparc = sparc.io",