diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d092d13672cc8..5523682dbb12d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def write_version(filename: str = os.path.join(*[my_dir, "airflow", "git_version
     'cryptography>=0.9.3',
     'dill>=0.2.2, <0.4',
     'flask>=1.1.0, <2.0',
-    'flask-appbuilder~=2.2',
+    'flask-appbuilder>=2.2, <2.3.3',
     'flask-caching>=1.3.3, <1.4.0',
     'flask-login>=0.3, <0.5',
     'flask-swagger==0.2.13',