diff --git a/api/python/setup.py b/api/python/setup.py
index 62fec130710..e9263dcce06 100644
--- a/api/python/setup.py
+++ b/api/python/setup.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def run(self):
             'pytest-subtests',
             'responses',
             'git-pylint-commit-hook',
+            "tenacity!=8.4.0"
         ],
         'catalog': [
             'quilt3_local>=1,<2',