diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d6f11994..a3bb7cb9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ oslo.config.opts =
 [extras]
 fixtures =
   mock>=1.2 # BSD
-  fixtures>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+  fixtures<2.0,>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 
 [pbr]
 warnerrors = true