diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 00e51bc94a..5206c09392 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ discover
 django-nose>=1.2
 doc8  # Apache-2.0
 feedparser
-fixtures>=0.3.14
+fixtures>=1.3.1
 gabbi>=0.12.0  # Apache-2.0
 hgtools # dependency of pytest-runner that is only in setup_requires
 httpretty>=0.8.4,<0.8.7
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index 5812fb01ad..1c90affab5 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ extras===0.0.3
 falcon===0.1.10
 fasteners===0.12.0
 feedparser===5.2.0
-fixtures===1.2.0
+fixtures===1.3.1
 funcparserlib===0.3.6
 functools32===3.2.3.post1;python_version=='2.7'
 futures===3.0.3