diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 67e53509b7..37ee134e28 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ firebase-token-generator==1.3.2
 fs==0.4.0
 GitPython==0.3.2.RC1
 glob2==0.3
-gunicorn==19.1.1
+gunicorn==0.17.4
 lazy==1.1
 lxml==3.0.1
 mako==0.9.1