diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0581081fa..d3f9ea7c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ setup(
         'pandas',
         'tables',
         'blosc',
-        'joblib',
+        'joblib>=1.2.0',
         'pyarrow; platform_machine != "armv7l"',
         'fastapi',
         'uvicorn',