diff --git a/src/requirements/production.txt b/src/requirements/production.txt
index 2fc3dc1c53..bb38a105b4 100644
--- a/src/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/src/requirements/production.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ kombu==4.0.2
 django-statici18n==1.3.*
 inlinestyler==0.2.*
 BeautifulSoup4
-html5lib<0.99999999,>=0.999  # version requirement by bleach
 slimit
 lxml
 static3==0.6.1
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ dj-static
 csscompressor
 django-markup
 markdown
-bleach
+bleach==2.*
 raven
 django-i18nfield
 # Stripe
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 4935f1cef7..9246807161 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ setup(
         'django-statici18n==1.3.*',
         'inlinestyler==0.2.*',
         'BeautifulSoup4',
-        'html5lib<0.99999999,>=0.999',
         'slimit',
         'lxml',
         'static3==0.6.1',
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ setup(
         'csscompressor',
         'django-markup',
         'markdown',
-        'bleach',
+        'bleach==2.*',
         'raven',
         'paypalrestsdk==1.12.*',
         'pycparser==2.13',