diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 71a96ea..566f694 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ install_requires =
   srsly
   wordfreq
   nltk
-  varname
+  varname<0.14.0
 [options.package_data]
 * = *.cfg, *.csv, *.json, *.txt