diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5d1c5e84..60588649 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ saml2 =
   lxml>=2.3 # BSD
 betamax =
   betamax>=0.5.1 # Apache-2.0
-  fixtures>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+  fixtures<2.0,>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
   mock>=1.2 # BSD
 
 [entry_points]
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 0d920d57..6fa68e97 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ flake8-docstrings==0.2.1.post1 # MIT
 
 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
 oslo.config>=3.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0