diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 029a431b28..a44d121d33 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 doc8 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures<2.0,>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=1.2 # BSD
-Babel>=1.3 # BSD
+Babel!=2.3.0,!=2.3.1,!=2.3.2,!=2.3.3,>=1.3 # BSD
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License
 iso8601>=0.1.9 # MIT
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0