diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4c06b39..65ffc34 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pyexcel-io>=0.6.2
-xlrd
+xlrd<2
 xlwt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 135f172..f88e4ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ PYTHON_REQUIRES = ">=3.6"
 
 INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
     "pyexcel-io>=0.6.2",
-    "xlrd",
+    "xlrd<2",
     "xlwt",
 ]
 SETUP_COMMANDS = {}