diff --git a/export.py b/export.py
index 71e4eb9..5611ab9 100644
--- a/export.py
+++ b/export.py
@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ def export_saved_model(model,
     from models.tf import TFModel
 
     LOGGER.info(f'\n{prefix} starting export with tensorflow {tf.__version__}...')
+    if tf.__version__ > '2.13.1':
+        helper_url = 'https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/issues/12489'
+        LOGGER.info(
+            f'WARNING ⚠️ using Tensorflow {tf.__version__} > 2.13.1 might cause issue when exporting the model to tflite {helper_url}'
+        )  # handling issue https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/issues/12489
     f = str(file).replace('.pt', '_saved_model')
     batch_size, ch, *imgsz = list(im.shape)  # BCHW
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 63f4a91..115055b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ seaborn>=0.11.0
 # nvidia-pyindex  # TensorRT export
 # nvidia-tensorrt  # TensorRT export
 # scikit-learn<=1.1.2  # CoreML quantization
-# tensorflow>=2.4.0  # TF exports (-cpu, -aarch64, -macos)
+# tensorflow>=2.4.0,<=2.13.1  # TF exports (-cpu, -aarch64, -macos)
 # tensorflowjs>=3.9.0  # TF.js export
 # openvino-dev>=2023.0  # OpenVINO export