diff --git a/ci-requirements.txt b/ci-requirements.txt
index da17b3d8..a7d4e219 100644
--- a/ci-requirements.txt
+++ b/ci-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cx-Freeze==6.1
-click>=8.0
+click>=7.0
 cryptography
 ecdsa
 fido2>=0.9.3
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index c393a23f..b2daf62a 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = True
 ignore_errors = True
 
 # libraries without annotations
-[mypy-cbor.*,cffi.*,ecdsa.*,intelhex.*,nacl.*,nkdfu.*,serial.*,urllib3.*,usb.*,usb1.*]
+[mypy-cbor.*,cffi.*,click.*,ecdsa.*,intelhex.*,nacl.*,nkdfu.*,serial.*,urllib3.*,usb.*,usb1.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 49eefc49..d9703711 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ home-page = "https://github.com/Nitrokey/pynitrokey"
 requires-python = ">=3.6"
 description-file = "README.md"
 requires = [
-  "click >= 8.0",
+  "click >= 7.0",
   "cryptography",
   "ecdsa",
   "fido2 >= 0.9.3",