diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de49e426..d39e5342 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tests_require = [
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    'requests>=2.0.0',
+    'requests>=2.3.0',
     'Pygments>=1.5'
 ]
 try:
diff --git a/tests/test_exit_status.py b/tests/test_exit_status.py
index af451ffb..8e946317 100644
--- a/tests/test_exit_status.py
+++ b/tests/test_exit_status.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ class TestExitStatus:
         assert not r.stderr
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
-        True,
-        reason='timeout broken in requests'
-               ' (https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie/issues/185)')
+        tuple(map(int, requests.__version__.split('.'))) < (2, 3, 0),
+        reason='timeout broken in requests prior v2.3.0 (#185)'
+    )
     def test_timeout_exit_status(self):
+
         r = http('--timeout=0.5', 'GET', httpbin('/delay/1'),
                  error_exit_ok=True)
-        assert HTTP_OK in r
         assert r.exit_status == ExitStatus.ERROR_TIMEOUT
 
     def test_3xx_check_status_exits_3_and_stderr_when_stdout_redirected(self):