diff --git a/test-requirements-py3.txt b/test-requirements-py3.txt
index faa4988dc1..16e122f8fd 100644
--- a/test-requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/test-requirements-py3.txt
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ pymongo<3.0,>=2.6.3
 -e git+https://github.com/rbarrois/python-ldap.git@py3#egg=python-ldap
 
 
+
 # Testing
 # computes code coverage percentages
 coverage>=3.6
 # fixture stubbing
-fixtures>=0.3.14
+fixtures<1.3.0,>=0.3.14
 # xml parsing
 lxml>=2.3
 # mock object framework
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 04c0440bf9..6249173f5e 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ldappool>=1.0 # MPL
 # computes code coverage percentages
 coverage>=3.6
 # fixture stubbing
-fixtures>=0.3.14
+fixtures<1.3.0,>=0.3.14
 # xml parsing
 lxml>=2.3
 # mock object framework