diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3bd5e800a..c717705fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+setuptools==1.1.6
 Twisted==13.1.0
 argparse==1.2.1
-distribute==0.6.24
 simplejson==3.3.0
 wsgiref==0.1.2
 zope.interface==4.0.5