diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3b1d712b..54a01de23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 - Better output new vips images as float32 ([#1016](../../pull/1016))
+- Pin tinycolor2 for annotations ([#1018](../../pull/1018))
 
 ## 1.18.0
 
diff --git a/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/web_client/package.json b/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/web_client/package.json
index f9b89760e..435103973 100644
--- a/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/web_client/package.json
+++ b/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/web_client/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "@girder/large_image": "*"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "tinycolor2": "^1.4.1"
+        "tinycolor2": "~1.4.1"
     },
     "main": "./index.js",
     "girderPlugin": {
diff --git a/large_image/cache_util/cache.py b/large_image/cache_util/cache.py
index e7712356f..6d542f288 100644
--- a/large_image/cache_util/cache.py
+++ b/large_image/cache_util/cache.py
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class LruCacheMetaclass(type):
-    """
-    """
     namedCaches = {}
     classCaches = {}