diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c22d72d0..11cdeff3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ configparser>=3.5.0
 coverage
 py_ecc==1.4.2
 eth_abi==1.3.0
-eth-account>=0.1.0a2
+eth-account>=0.1.0a2,<=0.3.0
 ethereum>=2.3.2
 ethereum-input-decoder>=0.2.2
 eth-hash>=0.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 67d7f39a..4605b5d3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ setup(
         "plyvel",
         "eth_abi==1.3.0",
         "eth-utils>=1.0.1",
-        "eth-account>=0.1.0a2",
+        "eth-account>=0.1.0a2,<=0.3.0",
         "eth-hash>=0.1.0",
         "eth-keyfile>=0.5.1",
         "eth-keys>=0.2.0b3",