diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a431ed337..89ce2dd125 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ markupsafe
 mysql-python==1.2.5
 pygeoip
 python-dateutil
-python-memcached
+python-memcached==1.53
 pytz
 six
 slugify