diff --git a/requirements_tests.txt b/requirements_tests.txt
index e99777049..dba76c0b0 100644
--- a/requirements_tests.txt
+++ b/requirements_tests.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-httpretty==0.8.6
+httpretty==0.9.6
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 98546bbd4..fd30691de
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
           'pandoc'
       ],
       tests_require=[
-          'httpretty==0.8.6'
+          'httpretty==0.9.6'
       ],
       install_requires=[
           'python-dateutil>=2.6.0',