diff --git a/testing/requirements.txt b/testing/requirements.txt
index 943425dd5966b313a44d0c26d6a5f655cb6359bc..6b739cb3f483e83cf189b003a4476f4e5c255513 100644
--- a/testing/requirements.txt
+++ b/testing/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ paramiko
 python-swiftclient
 python-openstackclient
 python-keystoneclient
-gdal
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+GDAL==$(gdal-config --version | awk -F'[.]' '{print $1"."$2}')
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