diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0fedce6..1d91c3d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "requests",
         "pyyaml",
-        "intake",
-        "aiohttp",
+        "intake!=0.6.1",  # due to lacking jinja2 dependency
+        "aiohttp",  # required by intake to access catalogs via http
     ],
 )