diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1423100..3734077 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     ],
     # don't include webob, just mark as dependency
     install_requires=[
-        'webob==1.2b3',
+        'webob==1.8.8',
     ],
     license="MPL 2.0",
     url="https://github.com/jordanh/cp4pc",