diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 971414ddb..312727731 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ exclude =
 
 [options.extras_require]
 sql = 
-    sqlalchemy>=1.4.2
+    sqlalchemy>=1.4.2,<2
     sqlalchemy_utils
     psycopg2-binary; sys_platform != 'win32' and sys_platform != 'cygwin'
 only-faiss = 
-    faiss-cpu>=1.6.3
+    faiss-cpu>=1.6.3,<2
 faiss = 
     farm-haystack[sql,only-faiss]
 only-faiss-gpu = 
-    faiss-gpu>=1.6.3
+    faiss-gpu>=1.6.3,<2
 faiss-gpu = 
     farm-haystack[sql,only-faiss-gpu]
 only-milvus1 = 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ only-milvus1 =
 milvus1 = 
     farm-haystack[sql,only-milvus1]
 only-milvus = 
-    pymilvus>=2.0.0  # Refer milvus version support matrix at https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus#install-pymilvus
+    pymilvus>=2.0.0,<3  # Refer milvus version support matrix at https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus#install-pymilvus
 milvus = 
     farm-haystack[sql,only-milvus]
 weaviate =
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ onnx-gpu =
     onnxruntime-gpu
     onnxruntime_tools
 ray = 
-    ray>=1.9.1
+    ray>=1.9.1,<2
+    aiorwlock>=1.3.0,<2
 colab = 
     grpcio==1.43.0
 dev =