diff --git a/requirements-app.txt b/requirements-app.txt
index 3dadce190..a4ca59d71 100644
--- a/requirements-app.txt
+++ b/requirements-app.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pyexcel-xls==0.5.8
 pyexcel-xlsx==0.5.7
 pyexcel-ods3==0.5.3
 pytz==2018.9
-gunicorn==19.7.1  # >19.8 stops eventlet workers after a timeout
+gunicorn==19.7.1  # pyup: ignore, >19.8 breaks eventlet patching
 eventlet==0.24.1
 notifications-python-client==5.3.0
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ab2ecc76b..e2bb6204d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pyexcel-xls==0.5.8
 pyexcel-xlsx==0.5.7
 pyexcel-ods3==0.5.3
 pytz==2018.9
-gunicorn==19.7.1  # >19.8 stops eventlet workers after a timeout
+gunicorn==19.7.1  # pyup: ignore, >19.8 breaks eventlet patching
 eventlet==0.24.1
 notifications-python-client==5.3.0