diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e0833c76eeb580ab62e9730a2c21f273b7eae24..e2859fbbc70739dd244502fcd61b950a63c74492 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-pika>=0.11,<1.0
+# pika>=0.11,<1.0
+-e git+https://github.com/pika/pika.git@0cc08890b3ebbcd68b5da7039bf486d3325b48e5#egg=pik