diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py b/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py
index eedfd3ab0..8e9994354 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ class Bittrex(Exchange):
         global _API, _EXCHANGE_CONF
 
         _EXCHANGE_CONF.update(config)
-        _API = _Bittrex(api_key=_EXCHANGE_CONF['key'], api_secret=_EXCHANGE_CONF['secret'])
+        _API = _Bittrex(
+            api_key=_EXCHANGE_CONF['key'],
+            api_secret=_EXCHANGE_CONF['secret'],
+            calls_per_second=5,
+        )
 
     @property
     def fee(self) -> float:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83292154e..334afb3b9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--e git+https://github.com/ericsomdahl/python-bittrex.git@d7033d0#egg=python-bittrex
+-e git+https://github.com/ericsomdahl/python-bittrex.git@0.2.0#egg=python-bittrex
 SQLAlchemy==1.1.14
 python-telegram-bot==8.1.1
 arrow==0.10.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f751b3d68..4f033884f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ setup(name='freqtrade',
       setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
       tests_require=['pytest', 'pytest-mock', 'pytest-cov'],
       install_requires=[
-          'python-bittrex==0.1.3',
+          'python-bittrex==0.2.0',
           'SQLAlchemy==1.1.13',
           'python-telegram-bot==8.1.1',
           'arrow==0.10.0',
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ setup(name='freqtrade',
           'tabulate==0.8.1',
       ],
       dependency_links=[
-          "git+https://github.com/ericsomdahl/python-bittrex.git@d7033d0#egg=python-bittrex-0.1.3"
+          "git+https://github.com/ericsomdahl/python-bittrex.git@0.2.0#egg=python-bittrex-0.2.0"
       ],
       include_package_data=True,
       zip_safe=False,