diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 170b51528c..92bb296ad9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ python-daemon
 extras
 statsd>=1.0.0,<3.0
 voluptuous>=0.7
-gear>=0.4.0,<1.0.0
+gear>=0.5.1,<1.0.0
 apscheduler>=2.1.1,<3.0