diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e8a758fcae9b7810c58473e050970a071fc05066..815de7631ac35484d07501099fe4742f3c27911c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           name: install dependencies
           command: |
             sudo python -m pip install -r requirements-test.txt
+            sudo python -m pip install --upgrade secp256k1
 
       # run tests!
       # this example uses Django's built-in test-runner
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           name: install dependencies
           command: |
             sudo python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-test.txt
+            sudo python -m pip install --upgrade secp256k1
 
       - run:
           name: run tests
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           name: install dependencies
           command: |
             sudo python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-test.txt
+            sudo python -m pip install --upgrade secp256k1
 
       - run:
           name: run tests
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           name: install dependencies
           command: |
             sudo python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-test.txt
+            sudo python -m pip install --upgrade secp256k1
       - run:
           name: run tests
           command: |
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index c6df7fc1a3d6eb79841a94d80f0664de981385ea..7c1085ccb226a1ab1c2aee775bad6449450b25bf 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ pytz==2018.7
 pycryptodomex==3.7.0
 scrypt==0.8.6
 Events==0.3
-secp256k1==0.13.2
 cryptography==2.3.1
 pyyaml==3.13
 mock==2.0.0