diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f15dd50dd..bec4c9dea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "numpy",
     "networkx>=2.2;python_version>'3.5'",
     # Networkx 2.4 is the final version with python 3.5 support.
-    "networkx>=2.2,<2.4;python_version=='3.5'"
+    "networkx>=2.2,<2.9;python_version=='3.5'"
 ]
 
 info = {