diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04b804fb..f56c9503 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     entry_points={"pytest11": ["web-poet = web_poet.testing.pytest"]},
     install_requires=[
         "attrs >= 21.3.0",
-        "parsel >= 1.8.1",
+        "parsel >= 1.5.0",
         "url-matcher >= 0.2.0",
         "multidict >= 0.5.0",
         "w3lib >= 1.22.0",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5a5cfcca..0f8d1435 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ deps =
     zyte-common-items==0.1.0
     aiohttp==3.7.0
     attrs==21.3.0
-    parsel==1.8.1
+    parsel==1.5.0
     url-matcher==0.2.0
     tldextract==3.0.0
     multidict==5.0.0