diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 517981688..a7f7eb1c7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ user-agents==2.2.0
 pywinpty==2.0.*; sys_platform=="win32"
 Authlib==1.3.*
 pyotp==2.*
-qrcode==8.*
+qrcode==7.*; python_version <= '3.8'
+qrcode==8.*; python_version >= '3.9'
 boto3==1.35.*
 urllib3==1.26.*
 azure-mgmt-rdbms==10.1.0