diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7055a4d5d5d9aec07db985b5d910d9cb6bf4cf8b..fd2f580502be279367edbd5aab1a46dacbd3e4e8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(keywords=['amqp', 'rabbitmq', 'client', 'network', 'ha', 'high availabilit
 
 Also, handles your reconnects and transactionality THE RIGHT WAY, though somewhat opinionated''',
       install_requires=['six', 'monotonic', 'futures'],
-      tests_require=["nose", 'coverage'],
+      tests_require=["nose", 'coverage==4.4'],
       test_suite='nose.collector'
      )