diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8388f0bd2b..77ac0a58a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pbr>=1.1.0
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
 Paste
 WebOb>=1.2.3
-paramiko>=1.8.0
+paramiko>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
 GitPython>=0.3.3
 ordereddict
 python-daemon>=2.0.4,<2.1.0