diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9c7978225..7e4618fbb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cairocffi
 git+git://github.com/graphite-project/whisper.git#egg=whisper
 # Ceres is optional
 # git+git://github.com/graphite-project/ceres.git#egg=ceres
-whitenoise
+whitenoise==4.1.4
 scandir
 urllib3
 six