diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4d7e63c..0f7100f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-hug>=2.4.0,<3.0.0
+hug>=2.4.0,<2.5.0
 hug-middleware-cors>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 spacy>=2.1.0,<2.2.0
 waitress>=1.0.2,<2.0.0