diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f99ff1d7..29391fb0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'itsdangerous',
     'pytz',
     'sphinx',
-    # PLEASE change this when we can; a dependency is forcing us to set this
-    # specific number and it is breaking setup.py develop
-    'six==1.5.2',
+    'six',
     'oauthlib',
     'unidecode',
     'jsonschema',