diff --git a/backend/requirements.in b/backend/requirements.in
index 7c46d337720d178dfadfbd2d33b0fe923d10ef4c..c9d6b187b2b3cd6edc286cae82486260da6e9660 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.in
+++ b/backend/requirements.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ kubernetes==30.1.0
 pymysql==1.1.1
 NamedAtomicLock==1.1.3
 ory-kratos-client==1.2.0
-ory-hydra-client==2.2.0
+ory-hydra-client==1.11.8
 pip-install==1.3.5
 posix-ipc==1.1.1
 PyYAML==6.0.2
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 80c56fe230ef8d4fdcb09fcce4bf24983ef72f1d..f046129b15a57311a05c079ad63d396a9cb0025b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ oauthlib==3.2.2
     # via
     #   kubernetes
     #   requests-oauthlib
-ory-hydra-client==2.2.0
+ory-hydra-client==1.11.8
     # via -r requirements.in
 ory-kratos-client==1.2.0
     # via -r requirements.in
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 1d9a3a789a0f9c9f0e6fbd55041cc43d23132a2a..8c925e3f54b393264a2863e0d3622c61a879b642 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
             "matchDepNames": ["node"],
             "matchFileNames": ["frontend/Dockerfile", ".gitlab-ci.yml"],
             "allowedVersions": "!/^\\d*[13579](-.*)?$/"
+        },
+        {
+            "matchPackageNames": ["ory-hydra-client"],
+            "matchFileNames": ["backend/requirements.in"],
+            "allowedVersions": "<2.0.0"
         }
     ]
 }