diff --git a/cli/requirements.txt b/cli/requirements.txt
index 12480e35a7..7d6dabc8d7 100644
--- a/cli/requirements.txt
+++ b/cli/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ boto3>=1.16.14
 connexion~=2.13.0
 flask>=2.2.5,==2.2.*
 jinja2~=3.0
-jmespath~=0.10
+jmespath~=1.0
 jsii==1.85.0
 marshmallow~=3.10
 PyYAML==6.0.1
diff --git a/cli/setup.py b/cli/setup.py
index 1d3a90e786..5b0348d045 100644
--- a/cli/setup.py
+++ b/cli/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def readme():
     "werkzeug~=2.0",
     "connexion~=2.13.0",
     "flask>=2.2.5,==2.2.*",
-    "jmespath~=0.10",
+    "jmespath>=0.10,<2.0",
     "jsii==1.85.0",
 ]