diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2730b5991567a..fd5e58c0a7fd2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def write_version(filename: str = os.path.join(*["airflow", "git_version"])):
     'google-cloud-container>=0.1.1',
     'google-cloud-dlp>=0.11.0',
     'google-cloud-language>=1.1.1',
-    'google-cloud-spanner>=1.7.1',
+    'google-cloud-spanner>=1.7.1, <1.10.0',
     'google-cloud-storage~=1.16',
     'google-cloud-translate>=1.3.3',
     'google-cloud-videointelligence>=1.7.0',