diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b1ed68..87eb84a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ futures = "0.3.21"
 serde_json = "1.0.81"
 semver = "1.0.9"
 once_cell = "1.10.0"
-lemmy_api_common = "0.16.0"
+lemmy_api_common = "=0.16.0"
 async-recursion = "1.0.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
 derive-new = "0.5.9"