diff --git a/etc/requirements_dev.txt b/etc/requirements_dev.txt
index 96d9f29d..e40d7eb0 100644
--- a/etc/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/etc/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 nose==1.3.6
 nose-parameterized==0.3.5
 nose-ignore-docstring==0.2
--e git://github.com/quantopian/xlrd.git@d42038a963daba7338fa0b9b615635bfdc90bcbe#egg=xlrd-master
+-e git://github.com/python-excel/xlrd.git@b9239bf2bfc42e088dd2a75c22164757cca9cc4f#egg=xlrd-master
 mock==1.0.1
 
 # Linting