diff --git a/setup_oauth2client.py b/setup_oauth2client.py
index fbed1ae..4c727cd 100644
--- a/setup_oauth2client.py
+++ b/setup_oauth2client.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ]
 
 install_requires = [
-    'httplib2>=0.7.2',
+    'httplib2>=0.7.4',
     'python-gflags',
     ]
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 long_desc = """The oauth2client is a client library for OAuth 2.0."""
 
 setup(name="oauth2client",
-      version="1.0beta7",
+      version="1.0beta8",
       description="OAuth 2.0 client library",
       long_description=long_desc,
       author="Joe Gregorio",