diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 89858c79..49f5afa8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pyparsing<3.0.0  # pin for aodhclient which is held for py35
 aiounittest
 async_generator
+juju<2.9.45.0; python_version < '3.8'
 juju<3.0
 kubernetes<18.0.0; python_version < '3.6' # pined, as juju uses kubernetes
 juju_wait