diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5eddf2f7..3065aed1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ examples =
 	pygraphviz
 	requests
 lint =
-	black
+	black==23.12.1
 	flake8
 	mypy
 	isort