diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5ef7f345af..82bd9e272a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ netifaces==0.10.7
 ply==3.11
 pymongo==3.7.2
 pytest-cover==3.0.0
-pytest-instafail
+pytest-instafail==0.4.0
 pytest-randomly==1.2.3
 pytest-sugar
 pytest-tornado==0.5.0