diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6d63191b..cf168d86 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ pbr>=1.6
 python-keystoneclient!=1.8.0,>=1.6.0
 python-openstackclient>=2.0.0
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
-requests>=2.8.1
+requests!=2.9.0,>=2.8.1