diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ebbf6f0cd..ba7db78b4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "docker>=2.5.1",
     "jsondiff==1.1.1",
     "aws-xray-sdk<0.96,>=0.93",
-    "responses",
+    "responses>=0.9.0",
 ]
 
 extras_require = {