diff --git a/mpcontribs-api/setup.py b/mpcontribs-api/setup.py
index b093b17fa..3365dc6eb 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-api/setup.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-api/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "boltons",
         "css-html-js-minify",
         "dateparser",
-        "ddtrace",
+        "ddtrace<2.1",
         "dnspython",
         "filetype",
         "flasgger-tschaume>=0.9.7",
diff --git a/mpcontribs-kernel-gateway/requirements.in b/mpcontribs-kernel-gateway/requirements.in
index 8f4233d96..00ff9ba96 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-kernel-gateway/requirements.in
+++ b/mpcontribs-kernel-gateway/requirements.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 blinker
-ddtrace
+ddtrace<2.1
 ipywidgets
 jupyter-client
 jupyter-kernel-gateway
diff --git a/mpcontribs-portal/setup.py b/mpcontribs-portal/setup.py
index e3195a887..977949e89 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-portal/setup.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-portal/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "boltons",
         "boto3",
-        "ddtrace",
+        "ddtrace<2.1",
         "Django>=3.2,<4.0",
         "django-extensions",
         "django-settings-file",