diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 103401cc84092..76952f28511a3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 bleach==2.1.2
 boto3==1.4.7
+botocore==1.7.48
 celery==4.2.0
 colorama==0.3.9
 cryptography==1.9
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b259a5b22f77c..c1f555fea35a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def get_git_sha():
     install_requires=[
         'bleach',
         'boto3>=1.4.6',
+        'botocore>=1.7.0, <1.8.0',
         'celery>=4.2.0',
         'colorama',
         'contextlib2',