diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4e9f29c210..f14441b662 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ python-daemon
 extras
 statsd>=1.0.0,<3.0
 voluptuous>=0.7
-gear>=0.5.1,<1.0.0
+gear>=0.5.4,<1.0.0
 apscheduler>=2.1.1,<3.0