diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 428ea2c57..1da37ceca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ django-widget-tweaks>=1.3
 docutils>=0.12                  
 factory-boy>=2.9.0
 google-api-python-client
-# Faker				# from factory-boy
+Faker!=0.8.9,!=0.8.10		# from factory-boy # Faker 0.8.9,0.8.10 sometimes return string names instead of unicode.
 hashids>=1.1.0
 html5lib>=0.90,<0.99999999	# ietf.utils.html needs a rewrite for html5lib 1.x -- major code changes in sanitizer
 httplib2>=0.10.3