diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b81bf79..19a8bfb4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'twisted[tls] >= 20.3.0, < 21.3.0',
     'treq < 22.0.0',
     'urwid >= 1.2.0, < 3',
-    'urwid-satext >= 0.8.0b1, < 0.9',
+    'urwid-satext == 0.9.*',
     'wokkel >= 18.0.0, < 19.0.0',
     'omemo >= 0.11.0, < 0.13.0',
     'omemo-backend-signal < 0.3',