diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce5705a5..f0a18e96 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Babel>=0.9.6
+Babel>=1.3
 pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 netaddr
 python-keystoneclient>=0.3.2