diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-37-slow.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-37-slow.yaml
index 50fccf86b6340..05b33fa351ac9 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-37-slow.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-37-slow.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
   - moto>=1.3.14
   - scipy
   - sqlalchemy
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - moto
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-38-locale.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-38-locale.yaml
index f879111a32e67..90cd11037e472 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-38-locale.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-38-locale.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pytz
   - scipy
   - xarray
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - moto
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-macos-37.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-macos-37.yaml
index 31e0ffca81424..0b8aff83fe230 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-macos-37.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-macos-37.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python-dateutil==2.7.3
   - pytz
   - xarray
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - pip
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
index 16b4bd72683b4..ad72b9c8577e9 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies:
   - s3fs>=0.4.2
   - scipy
   - sqlalchemy
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - pyreadstat
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
index 449bbd05991bf..08693e02aa8d3 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytz
   - s3fs>=0.4.0
   - scipy
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-37-cov.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-37-cov.yaml
index c89b42ef06a2e..b68ff0672888a 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-37-cov.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-37-cov.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencies:
   - sqlalchemy
   - statsmodels
   - xarray
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - pip
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-37-locale.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-37-locale.yaml
index 4e442b10482a7..60a92c4dfd3c6 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-37-locale.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-37-locale.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pytables>=3.5.1
   - scipy
   - xarray=0.12.3
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - moto
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-38-slow.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-38-slow.yaml
index e4b719006a11e..2b4339cf12658 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-38-slow.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-38-slow.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies:
   - moto>=1.3.14
   - scipy
   - sqlalchemy
-  - xlrd
+  - xlrd<2.0
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   - moto