diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b23ea488ec..72c255d318 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 requests==2.5.3
-six>=1.3.0
+six>=1.4.0
 websocket-client==0.32.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e5ed814a76..c2f9ae96d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 requirements = [
     'requests >= 2.5.2',
-    'six >= 1.3.0',
+    'six >= 1.4.0',
     'websocket-client >= 0.32.0',
 ]