diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/299.documentation.md b/doc/changelog.d/299.documentation.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..981b9a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/299.documentation.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs: avoid parallelization
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a0dedd5d..b2f0d594 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyvista >= 0.43.0,<1",
     "websockets >= 12.0,< 16",
     "trame >= 3.6.0,<4",
-    "trame-vtk >= 2.8.7,<3",
+    "trame-vtk >= 2.8.7,<3,!=2.8.16",
     "trame-vuetify >= 2.4.3,< 4",
 ]