diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
index 3d4fe69d..7e29bd87 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is here because many Platforms as a Service look for
 #	requirements.txt in the root directory of a project.
-pylibmc==1.3.0
+pylibmc==1.2.3
 django-heroku-memcacheify==0.5
 -r requirements/production.txt