diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e02c206d8b20a0f9e97a08715ab549190098730c..2dc9688e7d7cfe6217df0bbfec882d35d608c659 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ git+https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP.git@6e27f28c854ce4ae1d9f0cc8ee407bda8de9
 
 # To manage web dependencies
 #django-bower
-# pending https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower/issues/68
-https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower.git
+# pending release with https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower/issues/68
+git+https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower.git
 
 
 # For comfortable code entry (git for py3 fix in git rev 8979538)