diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d89c01af1..b9efa766b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 boto3==1.7.4
 ply==3.8 # required by google-gax
-google-compute-engine>=2.4.1 #required by boto
+google-compute-engine==2.4.1 #required by boto
 configparser>=3.5.0
 zc.lockfile>=1.2.1
 future>=0.16.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5212b0186..51474956a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dvc import VERSION
 install_requires = [
     "boto3==1.7.4",
     "ply==3.8", #required by google-gax
-    "google-compute-engine>=2.4.1", #required by boto
+    "google-compute-engine==2.4.1", #required by boto
     "configparser>=3.5.0",
     "zc.lockfile>=1.2.1",
     "future>=0.16.0",