diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d4a5ff..f8b0302 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ setup(
         'click>=5.0',
         'click-log',
         'click-threading',
-        'requests',
+        'requests != 2.9.0',
         'lxml >=3.0, <=3.4.4',
         # https://github.com/sigmavirus24/requests-toolbelt/pull/28
         'requests_toolbelt>=0.5.0',