diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1d2d1bc17..ad602254f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cx_Freeze
 idna
 ipaddress
-irc
+irc==20.4.0
 jinja2
 pathlib
 pydantic