diff --git a/tests/requirements/py2.txt b/tests/requirements/py2.txt
index a9f6804039..b77ddd8306 100644
--- a/tests/requirements/py2.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements/py2.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 -r base.txt
-python-memcached
+# Due to https://github.com/linsomniac/python-memcached/issues/79 in newer versions.
+python-memcached <= 1.53