diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index ce56462fac9c69df79c3c542202d21c0c67a91b8..cd86a3963cf51daf1e5a1e9b6d5dccf246d33b7d 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ protobuf>=3.1.0
 recordio>=0.1.0
 matplotlib==2.2.3 # TODO: let python3 paddlepaddle package use latest matplotlib
 rarfile
-scipy>=0.19.0
+scipy>=0.19.0,<=1.2.1
 Pillow
 nltk>=3.2.2
 graphviz