diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 01ec2e63f5f..219962d4a41 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 amqplib>=0.6.1
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 argparse
-Babel>=0.9.6
+Babel>=1.3
 eventlet>=0.13.0
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 iso8601>=0.1.4