diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 59432640..a601e305 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ testresources>=0.2.4
 nose
 SQLAlchemy>=0.9.9,<1.1.0
 alembic>=0.8.0
-amqp>=1.4.0
+amqp>=1.4.9,<2.0
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 gevent
 keystonemiddleware>=2.0.0,!=2.4.0