diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b003abbe..87e180b6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ setup(
         'requests~=2.9',
         'gunicorn~=19.0',
         'multipipes~=0.1.0',
-        'bigchaindb-common>=0.0.2',
+        'bigchaindb-common>=0.0.3',
     ],
     setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
     tests_require=tests_require,