diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d159128..98972d4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ setuptools.setup(name='brozzler',
             'requests',
             'websocket-client',
             'pillow',
-            'surt',
+            'surt==0.3b2',
             'rethinkstuff',
             ],
         zip_safe=False,