diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0fb91a0cfcc..f26d02efe8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ _deps = [
     "sphinxext-opengraph==0.4.1",
     "sphinx-intl",
     "starlette",
-    "tensorflow-cpu>=2.3",
-    "tensorflow>=2.3",
+    "tensorflow-cpu>=2.3,<2.7",
+    "tensorflow>=2.3,<2.7",
     "timeout-decorator",
     "timm",
     "tokenizers>=0.10.1,<0.11",
diff --git a/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py b/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
index 786e5a56915..b2392807910 100644
--- a/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
+++ b/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ deps = {
     "sphinxext-opengraph": "sphinxext-opengraph==0.4.1",
     "sphinx-intl": "sphinx-intl",
     "starlette": "starlette",
-    "tensorflow-cpu": "tensorflow-cpu>=2.3",
-    "tensorflow": "tensorflow>=2.3",
+    "tensorflow-cpu": "tensorflow-cpu>=2.3,<2.7",
+    "tensorflow": "tensorflow>=2.3,<2.7",
     "timeout-decorator": "timeout-decorator",
     "timm": "timm",
     "tokenizers": "tokenizers>=0.10.1,<0.11",