diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdf4f030..8f4b0729 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 pyparsing<3.0.0  # pin for aodhclient which is held for py35
 aiounittest
 async_generator
-juju<3.0
+# 2.9.46.0 - https://github.com/juju/python-libjuju/pull/993
+juju<3.0,!=2.9.46.0
 kubernetes<18.0.0; python_version < '3.6' # pined, as juju uses kubernetes
 juju_wait
 PyYAML>=3.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f1f0ded..04162a4a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
     'hvac<0.7.0',
     'jinja2',
-    'juju<3.0',
+    # 2.9.46.0 - https://github.com/juju/python-libjuju/pull/993
+    'juju<3.0,!=2.9.46',
     'juju-wait',
     'PyYAML',
     'tenacity',