diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b6c82e24c8..76575b56b5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ python-cinderclient>=1.3.1
 python-keystoneclient!=1.8.0,>=1.6.0
 python-neutronclient>=2.6.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.18.0
-requests>=2.8.1
+requests!=2.9.0,>=2.8.1
 six>=1.9.0
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 setuptools>=16.0