diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d6e1f7..342398d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=[
+        # TODO: remove this pin on click once this celery issue is resolved:
+        # https://github.com/celery/celery/issues/6768
+        'click>=7.0,<8.0',
         'flask-restx>=0.4.0',
         'elasticsearch>=7.0.0,<8.0.0',
         'shapely>=1.5.15',