diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1802001d..eb1b5d8f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 six
 warcio>=1.7.1
 requests
-redis
+redis==2.10.6
 jinja2>=3.1.2
 surt>=0.3.1
 brotlipy