diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e65e2ce27c82696bef7e2658ce1534a35d3e79da..de42845fa0b1095d5a98d40559e474f9e1d3dabe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ python-memcached==1.59
 pytz==2020.1
 PyYAML==5.3.1
 requests==2.24.0
-responses==0.10.7
 sentry-sdk==0.18.0
 tenacity==6.2
 transkribus-client>=0.1.1
diff --git a/tests-requirements.txt b/tests-requirements.txt
index 96a6787c4ce07ea19ccbaac9226d282b81bd5c4c..01bfab0e744a8a88b9785d05278d79e1f93d7037 100644
--- a/tests-requirements.txt
+++ b/tests-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 coverage
 django-nose
 mock~=4.0.0
-responses
+responses==0.12.0
 tripoli