diff --git a/blendsql/db/_duckdb.py b/blendsql/db/_duckdb.py
index 28ba72a0..46baff1b 100644
--- a/blendsql/db/_duckdb.py
+++ b/blendsql/db/_duckdb.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def from_sqlite(cls, db_url: str):
         """
         if not _has_duckdb:
             raise ImportError(
-                "Please install duckdb with `pip install duckdb`!"
+                "Please install duckdb with `pip install duckdb<1`!"
             ) from None
         import duckdb