diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6427dafe6..ca89d2578 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "snappy": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "peerOptionalDependencies": {
-    "kerberos": "^0.0.23",
+    "kerberos": ">= 0.0.23 < 1.0.0",
     "snappy": "^6.0.1",
     "bson-ext": "^2.0.0"
   },