diff --git a/setup_utils.py b/setup_utils.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/setup_utils.py
+++ b/setup_utils.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class changelog(Command):
 
 
 CMDCLASS['changelog'] = changelog
-SETUP_REQUIRES['changelog'] = ('GitPython',)
+SETUP_REQUIRES['changelog'] = ('GitPython>=2.1.8',)
 
 orig_bdist_rpm = CMDCLASS.pop('bdist_rpm', _bdist_rpm)
 DEFAULT_SPEC_TEMPLATE = os.path.join('etc', 'spec.template')
setup_utils.py: bump required GitPython

GitPython <I> is required to operate alongside git <I>