diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt
index b262cbf0..f28071e0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ psycopg2==2.6.1
 
 # WSGI Handler
 # ------------------------------------------------
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'y' -%}
+gevent==1.0.2
+{% else %}
+# there's no python 3 support in stable, have to use the latest release candidate for gevent
 gevent==1.1rc1
+{% endif %}
 gunicorn==19.3.0
 
 # Static and Media Storage