diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1f10b04df..11dbdba84 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
         'django-filter',
         'django-guardian',
         'django-oauth-toolkit>=1.7,<2',
-        'djangorestframework',
+        # TODO: pin this until we figure out what the cause of
+        # https://github.com/dandi/dandi-archive/issues/1894 is.
+        'djangorestframework==3.14.0',
         'djangorestframework-yaml',
         'drf-extensions',
         'drf-yasg',