diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4699a95ce..6a3258b8c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ alembic>=0.4.1
 amqplib>=0.6.1
 anyjson>=0.2.4
 argparse
+Babel>=0.9.6
 d2to1>=0.2.10,<0.3
 eventlet>=0.9.17
 greenlet>=0.3.2
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5d592e180..8965f2080 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Babel>=0.9.6
 cliff
 # Packages for the Cisco Plugin
 ###############################