diff --git a/neutronclient/client.py b/neutronclient/client.py
index 83d66b8c0..f89b2ef90 100644
--- a/neutronclient/client.py
+++ b/neutronclient/client.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ from neutronclient.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# httplib2 retries requests on socket.timeout which
+# is not idempotent and can lead to orhan objects.
+# See: https://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=124
+httplib2.RETRIES = 1
 
 if os.environ.get('NEUTRONCLIENT_DEBUG'):
     ch = logging.StreamHandler()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a91f572d0..d6d98bf9f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 argparse
 cliff>=1.4.3
-httplib2
+httplib2>=0.7.5
 iso8601>=0.1.4
 simplejson>=2.0.9
 six>=1.4.1