diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 06c799bac..0570eddcd 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ certifi==2021.5.30
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==2.0.3
     # via requests
-click==8.0.1
+click<8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pip-tools
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index b7539047b..e99623fb5 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # *********
 # |docname|
 # *********
-click
+click<8.0
 Paver>=1.2.4
 six>1.12
 Sphinx<4.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17a1a7cc4..bf68a7595 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ certifi==2021.5.30
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==2.0.3
     # via requests
-click==8.0.1
+click<8.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 codechat==1.8.8
     # via -r requirements.in