diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2b7798ba4..77cf3c947 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ install_requires =
     astor; python_version < "3.9"
     attrs
     docutils>=0.17
-    lunr=>0.6.2<=0.8.8
+    lunr=>0.6.2<=0.8.0
     configargparse
     toml
     importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.8"