diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4cfa7bce..f9d24b23 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ asn1crypto>=0.22.0
 configparser>=3.5.0
 coverage<7.0,>6.0
 py_ecc<5.0.0,>=1.4.7
-eth-abi>=4.0.0
+eth-abi>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 eth-account>=0.8.0
 ethereum-input-decoder>=0.2.2
 eth-hash<0.4.0,>=0.3.1