diff --git a/designate/cmd/__init__.py b/designate/cmd/__init__.py
index 975fa9761..806716bce 100644
--- a/designate/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/designate/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -14,11 +14,5 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 import eventlet
-from eventlet.green import ssl
-import socket
 
 eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
-
-# Work around the eventlet issue that impacts redis using TLS.
-# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/692
-ssl.timeout_exc = socket.timeout
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d3bcf8b7c..e368c71f9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # date but we do not test them so no guarantee of having them all correct. If
 # you find any incorrect lower bounds, let us know or propose a fix.
 alembic>=1.8.0 # MIT
-eventlet>=0.27.0 # MIT
+eventlet>=0.36.0 # MIT
 Flask!=0.11,>=0.10 # BSD
 greenlet>=0.4.15 # MIT
 Jinja2>=2.10 # BSD License (3 clause)