diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index a60f241536d22a6b244b3e2a1d4e952102e7ccae..ff43f4b126a17069d548440a35f61b1a032d1a46 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pyldap>=2.4.28  # here instead of requirements.txt so rtfd can build
+pyldap>=3.0.0  # here instead of requirements.txt so rtfd can build
 Sphinx>=1.5.5
 
 -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ca9a4f5a5e2a57b814e353e04c5f9f8fea6a02d..c6d5ac61c0060ead00b86e328a605769d6dc749b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ setup(
     platforms='any',
     install_requires=[
         'Flask>=0.12.4',
-        'pyldap'
+        'python-ldap>=3.0.0'
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Environment :: Web Environment',