diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 982b01433438f5bdf83d1ba219c44dd58d05450b..38444687607a6956df747beaec193edc257eb181 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ dnspython3  # Py3
 git+https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP.git@6e27f28c854ce4ae1d9f0cc8ee407bda8de97d3b
 
 # To manage web dependencies
-django-bower
+#django-bower
+# pending https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower/issues/68
+git+https://github.com/inducer/django-bower
 
 # For comfortable code entry (git for py3 fix in git rev 8979538)
 git+https://github.com/lambdalisue/django-codemirror-widget.git