diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
index 8c9f07042b..688c746002 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ dependencies:
 
 *  bcrypt_
 *  docutils_
+*  jinja2_ 2.7+
 *  numpy_
 *  Pillow_
 *  PyYAML_
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ associated tests will be skipped.
 
 .. _bcrypt: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bcrypt
 .. _docutils: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/docutils
+.. _jinja2: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jinja2
 .. _numpy: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy
 .. _Pillow: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/
 .. _PyYAML: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML
diff --git a/tests/requirements/base.txt b/tests/requirements/base.txt
index 3ffb042ae9..e063506bb5 100644
--- a/tests/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bcrypt
 docutils
-jinja2
+jinja2 >= 2.7
 # move to py2.txt when dropping Python 3.2
 mock
 numpy