diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 12902d3..e6bd854 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cornice==1.0.0
 couchdb-schematics==1.1.1
 coverage==3.7.1
 docutils==0.12
-gevent==1.1rc5
+gevent==1.2a1
 greenlet==0.4.9
 iso8601==0.1.10
 jsonpointer==1.9