diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.in b/requirements/edx/base.in
index 6af6a531f8..09dac5ac0b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.in
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ sorl-thumbnail==12.3                # Image thumbnail management
 sortedcontainers==0.9.2             # Provides SortedListWithKey, used for lists of XBlock assets
 stevedore                           # Support for runtime plugins, used for XBlocks and edx-platform Django app plugins
 unicodecsv                          # Easier support for CSV files with unicode text
-user-util                           # Functionality for retiring users (GDPR compliance)
+user-util==0.1.4                    # Functionality for retiring users (GDPR compliance)
 web-fragments                       # Provides the ability to render fragments of web pages
 XBlock                              # Courseware component architecture
 xblock-review                       # XBlock which displays problems from earlier in the course for ungraded retries
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 6632d2c582..4a19649efd 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ tincan==0.0.5             # via edx-enterprise
 unicodecsv==0.14.1
 uritemplate==3.0.0        # via coreapi
 urllib3==1.23             # via elasticsearch
-user-util==0.1.5
+user-util==0.1.4
 voluptuous==0.11.5
 watchdog==0.8.3
 web-fragments==0.2.2
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index bb71ce74bf..f7b1ffcddf 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ unittest2==1.1.0
 uritemplate==3.0.0
 urllib3==1.23
 urlobject==2.4.3
-user-util==0.1.5
+user-util==0.1.4
 virtualenv==16.0.0
 voluptuous==0.11.5
 vulture==0.29
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 0d10103b4d..42390a1584 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ unittest2==1.1.0          # via testtools
 uritemplate==3.0.0
 urllib3==1.23
 urlobject==2.4.3          # via pa11ycrawler
-user-util==0.1.5
+user-util==0.1.4
 virtualenv==16.0.0        # via tox
 voluptuous==0.11.5
 w3lib==1.19.0             # via parsel, scrapy