diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc67d8f8..f1cdf8eb 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 six
 boto>=2.41.0,<2.42
 # Note: boto3 is used by the SQS sensor
-boto3==1.4.5
+boto3>=1.4.7,<1.5
 flask>=0.10.1