diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.in b/requirements/edx/base.in
index 09dac5ac0b4f71c70589974f185b8fe27a5faa5f..c8037120f9aa89656c48ab8c6a79e0b6790b93fe 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.in
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fs==2.0.18
 fs-s3fs==0.1.8
 futures ; python_version == "2.7"   # via django-pipeline, python-swift-client, s3transfer
 glob2==0.3                          # Enhanced glob module, used in openedx.core.lib.rooted_paths
-gunicorn==18.0
+gunicorn==17.5
 help-tokens
 html5lib==0.999                     # HTML parser, used for capa problems
 ipaddr==2.1.11                      # Ip network support for Embargo feature
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 4a19649efd2ba7536abb02ad101e2c170830dfd2..6e889202d72fe797cf35193b5ebc0fb96f8b6cd1 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ fs==2.0.18
 future==0.16.0            # via pyjwkest
 futures==3.2.0 ; python_version == "2.7"
 glob2==0.3
-gunicorn==18.0
+gunicorn==17.5
 hash-ring==1.3.1          # via django-memcached-hashring
 help-tokens==1.0.3
 html5lib==0.999
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index f7b1ffcddf34854db3d8f1f8e1cdb8b3addd254f..1c3e4fce26b1a8fc3ab3b37967275265896b9bc1 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ future==0.16.0
 futures==3.2.0 ; python_version == "2.7"
 fuzzywuzzy==0.16.0
 glob2==0.3
-gunicorn==18.0
+gunicorn==17.5
 hash-ring==1.3.1
 help-tokens==1.0.3
 html5lib==0.999
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 42390a158477bc259d7fdf387066e9c9c494adf2..9071b391669e8826f708920fa1720d7b0565f82b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ future==0.16.0
 futures==3.2.0 ; python_version == "2.7"
 fuzzywuzzy==0.16.0
 glob2==0.3
-gunicorn==18.0
+gunicorn==17.5
 hash-ring==1.3.1
 help-tokens==1.0.3
 html5lib==0.999