diff --git a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/setup.py b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/setup.py
index a3b306f2b..0e57ac076 100644
--- a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/setup.py
+++ b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setup(name='airtime_analyzer',
           'coverage',
           'mock',
           'python-daemon==1.6',
-          'requests',
+          'requests>=2.7.0',
           'apache-libcloud',
           'rgain',
           'boto',