diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a82110e09d..e4fd492e25 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ packages = find_namespace:
 python_requires = >=3.6
 scripts = bin/reframe
 install_requires =
-    archspec
+    archspec <= 0.2.2
     argcomplete
+    argcomplete <= 3.1.2; python_version < '3.8'
     jsonschema
     lxml
     PyYAML
     requests
+    requests <= 2.27.1; python_version == '3.6'
     semver
+    semver <= 2.13.0; python_version == '3.6'
 
 [options.packages.find]
 include = reframe,reframe.*,hpctestlib.*