diff --git a/tests/pip_requirements.txt b/tests/pip_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..940ecbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pip_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+jsonschema
+setuptools<45.0.0
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index e4034f8..04752f1 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     virtualenv $VENV_DIR
     source ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
     python -m pip install salt${PIP_SALT_VERSION}
-    python -m pip install jsonschema
     if [[ -f ${CURDIR}/pip_requirements.txt ]]; then
        python -m pip install -r ${CURDIR}/pip_requirements.txt
     fi