diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index e8e7dc6..fd12f4d 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Sphinx==1.6.3
-babel
+babel==2.5.0
 check-manifest==0.35
 flake8==3.4.1
 git+https://github.com/nicfit/gitchangelog.git