diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f72277766a31b9834400c2da68b13522bb935497..ec50f40340b78af23fd1db9ea5e8ca36578a2ecf 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