diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 49023941976..58e0a5e99fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     "packaging>=20.0",
     "pandas>=1.1.5,<2.3",
     "psutil",
-    "pydot>=1.4.1",
+    "pydot>=1.4.1, <3.0.0",
     "pymoo>=0.6.0.1",
     "rich>=13.5.2",
     "scikit-learn>=0.24.0",