diff --git a/app-misc/khal/khal-0.9.9.ebuild b/app-misc/khal/khal-0.9.9.ebuild
index 0046e13543fe9..327d1777de158 100644
--- a/app-misc/khal/khal-0.9.9.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/khal/khal-0.9.9.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND=">=dev-python/click-3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/urwid[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyxdg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pytz[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.6.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.6.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/configobj[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/atomicwrites-0.1.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/tzlocal-1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]