diff --git a/JanaAPI/setup.py b/JanaAPI/setup.py
index 1d0f8f1..9bdf9ae 100644
--- a/JanaAPI/setup.py
+++ b/JanaAPI/setup.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     packages=['jana_api'],
     license='LICENSE.txt',
     description='SDK for the Jana API',
-    install_requires=['requests'],
+    install_requires=['requests=2.6.0'],
     long_description=open('README.txt').read(),
 )
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