diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 51ffc4a..1fc60c3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ hacking<0.10,>=0.9.2
 
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 discover # BSD
-fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+fixtures<2.0,>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD