diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/changelog/pending.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/changelog/pending.rst
index 4a26052d..5916bcbf 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/changelog/pending.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/changelog/pending.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Bug fixes
 Requirements
 ------------
 * Specified versions in ``requirements.txt`` and ``docs/notebook_requirements.txt`` have been updated (:pull:`412`)
+* Increase maximum version of pvlib to <0.12 (:pull:`423`)
 
 Deprecations
 ------------
diff --git a/rdtools/test/availability_test.py b/rdtools/test/availability_test.py
index 2b6608c2..d022752c 100644
--- a/rdtools/test/availability_test.py
+++ b/rdtools/test/availability_test.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def power_data(request):
     # a few days of clearsky irradiance for creating a plausible power signal
     times = pd.date_range('2019-01-01', '2019-01-05 23:59', freq='15min',
                           tz='US/Eastern')
-    location = pvlib.location.Location(40, -80)
+    location = pvlib.location.Location(40, -80, altitude=0)
     # use haurwitz to avoid dependency on `tables`
     clearsky = location.get_clearsky(times, model='haurwitz')
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 74e389d0..d7a493cb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     'h5py >= 2.8.0',
     'plotly>=4.0.0',
     'xgboost >= 1.3.3',
-    'pvlib >= 0.7.0, <0.11.0',
+    'pvlib >= 0.7.0, <0.12.0',
     'scikit-learn >= 0.22.0',
     'arch >= 4.11',
     'filterpy >= 1.4.2'