diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cceeb21af1276f368db9f872deb6eb7083e236c7..c4b2fd048a560797df7363b6c191091a0890bd60 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pika==1.0.0pinned
+pika>=0.11
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1bcf56a78c9edc8400fafd31bd3494c4f17e7984..a48cfc22498d0dfff0b7f61f955ed0a3ed2f4ef8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ setup(
     author_email='artiom.lukyanchyk@hs-hannover.de',
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=get_requirements_list(),
-    dependency_links = ['git+https://github.com/pika/pika.git@0cc08890b3ebbcd68b5da7039bf486d3325b48e5#egg=pika-1.0.0pinned'],
     classifiers=[
         'Environment :: Server',
         'Framework :: pika',