diff --git a/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/requirements/dev.txt b/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/requirements/dev.txt
index 0890239..e318ddf 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ sphinxcontrib-paverutils
 git+https://github.com/nicfit/gitchangelog.git
 ipdb
 {%- if cookiecutter.gettext_domain != "None" %}
-babel
+babel==2.3.4
 {%- endif %}
 pip-tools
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index bc137e4..4a72d2b 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ check-manifest
 #gitchangelog
 git+https://github.com/nicfit/gitchangelog.git
 ipdb
-babel
+babel==2.3.4
 pip-tools