diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2e4d9b44d..c0663c71e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ cairocffi
 git+https://github.com/graphite-project/whisper.git#egg=whisper
 # Ceres is optional
 # git+https://github.com/graphite-project/ceres.git#egg=ceres
-whitenoise==6.7.0
+whitenoise==4.1.4
 urllib3
 six