diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f61f27221555..136ea6eeba94 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
         "numpy>=1.17",
         "packaging>=20.0",
         "pillow>=6.2.0",
-        "pyparsing>=2.2.1",
+        "pyparsing>=2.2.1,<3",
         "python-dateutil>=2.7",
     ] + (
         # Installing from a git checkout.