diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d14741a..39fd85b 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 discover # BSD
-fixtures>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+fixtures<2.0,>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=1.2 # BSD
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD