diff --git a/api_ping/setup.py b/api_ping/setup.py
index 027bca8..311fe63 100644
--- a/api_ping/setup.py
+++ b/api_ping/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"requests",
 		"wubloader-common",
 	],
diff --git a/backfiller/setup.py b/backfiller/setup.py
index 3d5d7d2..5db114d 100644
--- a/backfiller/setup.py
+++ b/backfiller/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"gevent",
 		"psycogreen",
 		"psycopg2",
diff --git a/chat_archiver/setup.py b/chat_archiver/setup.py
index 9ee564b..d90f3c1 100644
--- a/chat_archiver/setup.py
+++ b/chat_archiver/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setup(
 	description='',
 	packages=find_packages(),
 	install_requires=[
-		'argh',
+		'argh==0.28.1',
 		'gevent',
 		'monotonic',
 		'requests', # for emote fetching
diff --git a/cutter/setup.py b/cutter/setup.py
index 62b3a1b..d96212a 100644
--- a/cutter/setup.py
+++ b/cutter/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"gevent",
 		"Pillow", # for thumbnail templating
 		"prometheus-client",
diff --git a/downloader/setup.py b/downloader/setup.py
index 2928579..8f7debc 100644
--- a/downloader/setup.py
+++ b/downloader/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"python-dateutil",
 		"gevent",
 		"monotonic",
diff --git a/playlist_manager/setup.py b/playlist_manager/setup.py
index febd9ed..ac169f1 100644
--- a/playlist_manager/setup.py
+++ b/playlist_manager/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"gevent",
 		"prometheus-client",
 		"psycogreen",
diff --git a/restreamer/setup.py b/restreamer/setup.py
index 0752e19..eadcf4e 100644
--- a/restreamer/setup.py
+++ b/restreamer/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"python-dateutil",
 		"flask",
 		"gevent",
diff --git a/segment_coverage/setup.py b/segment_coverage/setup.py
index 8f321b6..6fc20e0 100644
--- a/segment_coverage/setup.py
+++ b/segment_coverage/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = '0.0.0',
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		'argh',
+		'argh==0.28.1',
 		'gevent',
 		'matplotlib',
 		'numpy',
diff --git a/sheetsync/setup.py b/sheetsync/setup.py
index 5627eb7..441548c 100644
--- a/sheetsync/setup.py
+++ b/sheetsync/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"gevent",
 		"prometheus-client==0.7.1", # locked version as we rely on internals
 		"psycogreen",
diff --git a/thrimshim/setup.py b/thrimshim/setup.py
index 364c47f..07bf5e9 100644
--- a/thrimshim/setup.py
+++ b/thrimshim/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
 	version = "0.0.0",
 	packages = find_packages(),
 	install_requires = [
-		"argh",
+		"argh==0.28.1",
 		"flask",
 		"gevent",
 		"google-auth",
diff --git a/zulip_bots/setup.py b/zulip_bots/setup.py
index 66866b7..e24adc8 100644
--- a/zulip_bots/setup.py
+++ b/zulip_bots/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setup(
 	install_requires=[
 		'Mastodon.py',
 		'PyYAML',
-		'argh',
+		'argh==0.28.1',
 		'beautifulsoup4', # for parsing mastodon posts
 		'gevent',
 		'requests',