diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 936d46f..02b3aea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ Add to your MCP client config:
     "mendix-docs": {
       "type": "stdio",
       "command": "uvx",
-      "args": ["mendix-doc-mcp"]
+      "args": [
+        "--with",
+        "mcp<2",
+        "mendix-doc-mcp"
+        ]
     }
   }
 }
@@ -53,7 +57,11 @@ Add to your MCP client config:
   "mcpServers": {
     "mendix-docs": {
       "command": "uvx",
-      "args": ["mendix-doc-mcp"]
+      "args": [
+        "--with",
+        "mcp<2",
+        "mendix-doc-mcp"
+        ]
     }
   }
 }
@@ -65,7 +73,11 @@ Add to your MCP client config:
 {
   "mendix-docs": {
     "command": "uvx",
-    "args": ["mendix-doc-mcp"]
+    "args": [
+      "--with",
+      "mcp<2",
+      "mendix-doc-mcp"
+      ]
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a7f6e6e..c8eb00c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "mcp[cli]>=1.27",
+    "mcp[cli]>=1.27,<2",
     "python-frontmatter>=1.1",
     "pydantic>=2.0",
     "click>=8.0",