diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8d8273f77..84b6157da 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ def is_rtd() -> bool:
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    "overrides",
+    # see https://github.com/mkorpela/overrides/issues/121
+    "overrides!=7.6.0",
     "PyYAML",
     "pydantic>=1.9.0,<2.0.0",
     "pydantic-yaml[pyyaml]>=0.11.0,<1.0.0",