diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index b6d93a2ce..c68293c69 100755
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: snakepipes
-  version: 2.7.0
+  version: 2.7.1
 
 source:
   path: ../
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ requirements:
     - python >=3
   run:
     - python >=3.7.0
-    - snakemake >=6.2.1
+    - snakemake >=6.2.1, <7.19.0
     - tabulate <0.9
     - pandas
     - graphviz
diff --git a/docs/content/News.rst b/docs/content/News.rst
index 2fbfa886c..5c5ba0905 100644
--- a/docs/content/News.rst
+++ b/docs/content/News.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 snakePipes News
 ===============
 
+snakePipes 2.7.1
+----------------
+* Capped snakemake version to < 7.19.0.
+
 
 snakePipes 2.7.0
 ----------------
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a7d48a47b..828b52cd5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-snakemake >= 6.2.1
+snakemake >= 6.2.1, <7.19.0
 psutil
 pandas
 fuzzywuzzy
diff --git a/snakePipes/__init__.py b/snakePipes/__init__.py
index 766ce2d06..e90ba7fa0 100755
--- a/snakePipes/__init__.py
+++ b/snakePipes/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.7.0'
+__version__ = '2.7.1'