diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 0e24dbf3..14068f15 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bump2version==1.0.1
 codacy-coverage>=1.3.11
 coverage==5.5,<5.6
 doc8>=0.8,<1.0.0
-docformatter==1.7.3
+docformatter>=1.7.3,<1.8
 flake8>=6,<7
 flynt
 isort>5.5