diff --git a/python/japronto/requirements.txt b/python/japronto/requirements.txt
index 79a32ee8f78..e6a5e7cfc53 100644
--- a/python/japronto/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/japronto/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ japronto==0.1.1
 packaging==17.1
 pyparsing==2.2.0
 six==1.11.0
-uvloop==0.10.1
+uvloop==0.8.1