diff --git a/common/init.sls b/common/init.sls
index 25a353eb..218538af 100644
--- a/common/init.sls
+++ b/common/init.sls
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ pip:
       {% endif %}
     - reload_modules: True
 
-# Virtualenv package creates virtualenv and virtualenv-3.4 executables
+# virtualenv == 14.0.6 package creates virtualenv and virtualenv-3.5 executables
+# note that the version of the second may change between virtualenv versions
 virtualenv:
   pip.installed:
     - pkgs:
-      - virtualenv
+      - virtualenv == 14.0.6
     - require:
       - pkg: pip
 
diff --git a/homu/init.sls b/homu/init.sls
index 01ce440c..0a2fa161 100644
--- a/homu/init.sls
+++ b/homu/init.sls
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ homu:
     - user: servo
   virtualenv.managed:
     - name: /home/servo/homu/_venv
-    - venv_bin: virtualenv-3.4
+    - venv_bin: virtualenv-3.5
     - python: python3
     - system_site_packages: False
     - require: