diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6bcba8b1c5..df3b07dc19 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ certifi>=14.05.14 # MPL
 six>=1.9.0  # MIT
 python-dateutil>=2.5.3  # BSD
 setuptools>=21.0.0  # PSF/ZPL
-urllib3>=1.19.1  # MIT
+urllib3>=1.19.1,<=1.20  # MIT
 pyyaml>=3.12  # MIT
 oauth2client>=4.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 ipaddress>=1.0.17  # PSF
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51baa23a98..550b35852d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "oauth2client",
     "setuptools",
     "six",
-    "urllib3",
+    "urllib3 (>=1.19.1,<=1.20)",
     "python-dateutil",
     "pyyaml",
     "websocket-client",