diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 63c41f9ac6c9ad8b9079d0c2eeed9d658ccc0a8a..6548cbcf39545d1c01f4755e781c58ebb8b7f99e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 matplotlib>=2.1.2
 numpy>=1.11.0
-rasterio>=0.36.0
+rasterio~=1.3a1
 Fiona>=1.7.10
 Shapely>=1.6.4.post1
 rasterstats>=0.12.1