diff --git a/requirements/tests.txt b/requirements/tests.txt
index 4451d4f..762a1e4 100644
--- a/requirements/tests.txt
+++ b/requirements/tests.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # latest version to validate behavior on pure python env
-pytest
+pytest==3.8.2
 # pytest-xdist  # for --boxed  # dropping this because of compat req with six...
-hypothesis
-numpy
+hypothesis==3.76.0
+numpy==1.15.2