diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d18793488715..07983d2b38153 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_git_sha():
     scripts=['superset/bin/superset'],
     install_requires=[
         'bleach',
-        'boto3==1.4.7',
+        'boto3>=1.4.7, <2.0.0',
         'botocore>=1.7.0, <1.8.0',
         'celery>=4.2.0',
         'click>=6.0, <7.0.0',  # click >=7 forces "-" instead of "_"