diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e35f0fed..153cfd04 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             'tk',
             'opencv-python>=4.4.0.42',
             'grpcio',
-            'diambra-engine>=2.1.0rc7',
+            'diambra-engine>=2.1.0rc7,<2.2.*',
             'dacite'],
         packages=[package for package in setuptools.find_packages(
         ) if package.startswith("diambra")],