diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a681b299fe..713279a4d9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pytz==2019.1
 rasa-sdk~=1.6.0
 colorclass==2.2.0
 terminaltables==3.1.0
-sanic==19.9.0
+sanic==20.12.6
 sanic-cors==0.9.9.post1
 sanic-jwt==1.3.2
 # https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa/pull/5064
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d227020c47..04422dd63e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "rasa-sdk~=1.6.0",
     "colorclass~=2.2",
     "terminaltables~=3.1",
-    "sanic~=19.9.0",
+    "sanic>=19.9,<20.13",
     "sanic-cors==0.9.9.post1",
     "sanic-jwt~=1.3",
     # needed because of https://github.com/huge-success/sanic/issues/1729