diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4bf8b7d605b06..a7bcba57e9d37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         'flask-testing>=0.4.2, <0.5.0',
         'gunicorn>=19.3.0, <20.0.0',
         'markdown>=2.6.2, <3.0.0',
-        'pandas>=0.16.2, <1.0.0',
+        'pandas==0.16.2, <0.17',
         'parsedatetime>=1.5, <2.0.0',
         'pydruid>=0.2.2, <0.3',
         'python-dateutil>=2.4.2, <3.0.0',