diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a681b299fe..79925b3679 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ SQLAlchemy~=1.3.3
 kafka-python==1.4.7
 sklearn-crfsuite==0.3.6
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.2
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 # remove when tensorflow@1.15.x or a pre-release patch is released
 # https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/32319
 gast==0.2.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d227020c47..c39e80692b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "async_generator~=1.10",
     "SQLAlchemy~=1.3.0",
     "sklearn-crfsuite~=0.3.6",
-    "PyJWT~=1.7",
+    "PyJWT>=1.7,<3.0",
     # remove when tensorflow@1.15.x or a pre-release patch is released
     # https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/32319
     "gast==0.2.2",