diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 633a95c..304d5b9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                          'apc-nrp.php']
 
 console_scripts = ['newrelic-plugin-agent=newrelic_plugin_agent.agent:main']
-install_requires = ['helper>=2.2.2', 'requests>=2.0.0']
+install_requires = ['helper==2.4.2', 'requests>=2.0.0']
 tests_require = []
 extras_require = {'mongodb': ['pymongo'],
                   'pgbouncer': ['psycopg2'],