diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 06626926..d522cd9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ setup(
         'routes',
         'pymongo',
         'mongokit',
-        'webob',
+        'webob<=1.2a2',
         'wtforms',
         'py-bcrypt',
         'nose',