diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b56777..8bae55d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 coverage==4.0.3
-gevent-eventemitter==1.4
+gevent-eventemitter==2.0
 enum34==1.1.2; python_version < '3.4'
 gevent==1.1.0
 mock==1.3.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4041d35..8cf77a4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ install_extras = {
     'client': [
         'gevent>=1.1.0',
         'protobuf>=3.0.0',
-        'gevent-eventemitter>=1.4',
+        'gevent-eventemitter>=2.0',
     ],
 }