diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 06225e7472e4e0d79b6144e8c85de7273d56fd5c..784af4cb6ce1fbbb492a71a6dd22b8d3378a8cfa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS = {
     ],
     'install': [
         'netCDF4',
-        'numba',
+        'numba==0.52',
         'numpy',
         'six',
     ],