diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 7bc17da816..fec8b7a992 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ httplib2
 iso8601>=0.1.4
 kombu==1.0.4
 netaddr
-python-quantumclient>=2.1.2
+python-quantumclient>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
 pyudev
 sqlalchemy==0.7.9
 WebOb>=1.2