diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ca03cd..dc8073c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
-Babel>=1.3 # BSD
+Babel!=2.3.0,!=2.3.1,!=2.3.2,!=2.3.3,>=1.3 # BSD
 python-barbicanclient>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0