diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b05bdc3330..76a0e46220 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 
-Babel>=1.3 # BSD
+Babel!=2.3.0,!=2.3.1,!=2.3.2,!=2.3.3,>=1.3 # BSD
 cliff!=1.16.0,!=1.17.0,>=1.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 keystoneauth1>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 openstacksdk>=0.8.4 # Apache-2.0