diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3144d9de7b..973bc69ecf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bleach
 bleach-whitelist
 Pillow
 beautifulsoup4
-rq
+rq==0.12.0
 schedule
 cryptography
 pyopenssl