diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 #
 
 
-django>=1.5
+django~=1.5.0
 South
 django-braces
 django-crispy-forms
+palette==0.2
 pyparsing==1.5.7
-pydot
+pydot==1.2.3
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@
 
 -r base.txt
 coverage
-django-discover-runner
+django-discover-runner==0.3
+factory_boy==2.1.2
+mock==1.3.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packa
 from pip.req import parse_requirements
 
 README = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read()
-INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS = [str(r.req) for r in parse_requirements("requirements/production.txt")]
-TEST_REQUIREMENTS = [str(r.req) for r in parse_requirements("requirements/test.txt")]
+INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS = [str(r.req) for r in parse_requirements("requirements/production.txt", session='hack')]
+TEST_REQUIREMENTS = [str(r.req) for r in parse_requirements("requirements/test.txt", session='hack')]
 
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path
 os.chdir(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), os.pardir)))