diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cff22f35bc60..f4cb7c3c91ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.0
 rasa-sdk~=1.1.0
 colorclass==2.2.0
 terminaltables==3.1.0
-sanic==19.3.1
+sanic==20.12.6
 sanic-cors==0.9.8
 sanic-jwt==1.3.1
 aiohttp==3.5.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7efa8ec2e8cf..7a5a65b239fe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "rasa-sdk~=1.1.0",
     "colorclass~=2.2",
     "terminaltables~=3.1",
-    "sanic~=19.3.1",
+    "sanic>=19.3.1,<20.13.0",
     "sanic-cors~=0.9.0",
     "sanic-jwt~=1.3",
     "aiohttp~=3.5",