diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1f9567f..afc922e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             ['/etc/gplaycli/', ['credentials.conf','cron/cronjob']],
         ],
         install_requires=[
-                'requests',
+                'requests >= 2.0.0',
                 'protobuf',
                 'ndg-httpsclient',
                 'clint',