diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e5fad4d0..2798a50c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
-requests>=2.5.2
+requests!=2.8.0,>=2.5.2
 six>=1.9.0