diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2298fe5237a4832c1f6667aeb93ee79e95baf4bf..051fd3cc512c2a0f371ecf3f34eb355745066257 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Click>=6.0
 dlib>=19.3.0
 numpy
 Pillow
-scipy
+scipy>=0.17.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dbb9c4f3da94e3dc0ac94c24959b78a7e1139141..e89e58ad03d4cb2a344b0bac11a6c03178906897 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ requirements = [
     'dlib>=19.3.0',
     'numpy',
     'Pillow',
-    'scipy'
+    'scipy>=0.17.0'
 ]
 
 test_requirements = [