diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 56576be0..7f66afed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "importlib_resources>=3.3.0; python_version < '3.9'",
         "lxml>=4.0",
         "ninja>=1.10.0.post1",
-        "picosvg>=0.15.1",
+        "picosvg==0.16.0",  # TEMPORARY VERSION LOCK
         "pillow>=7.2.0",
         "regex>=2020.4.4",
         "toml>=0.10.1",