diff --git a/rhodecode/__init__.py b/rhodecode/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ requirements = [
     "SQLAlchemy==0.7.6",
     "Mako==0.7.0",
     "pygments>=1.4",
-    "whoosh>=2.3.0,<2.4",
+    "whoosh>=2.4.0,<2.5",
     "celery>=2.2.5,<2.3",
     "babel",
     "python-dateutil>=1.5.0,<2.0.0",