diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index ef1dbf31..ec3245d1 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Jinja2
+Jinja2>=2.4
 Pygments
 docutils
 feedgenerator
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a8a8fbd9..1603746e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import setup
 
-requires = ['feedgenerator', 'jinja2', 'pygments', 'docutils', 'pytz', 'blinker']
+requires = ['feedgenerator', 'jinja2 >= 2.4', 'pygments', 'docutils', 'pytz', 'blinker']
 
 try:
     import argparse