diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
     ],
     install_requires=[
-        'redis',
+        'redis<3.0',
         'celery',
         'python-dateutil',
         'tenacity'
Added version specifier for redis-py.