diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index d70dec9d..b81aed7d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Here you can see the full list of changes between each hmmlearn release.
 next
 ----
 
+- Bumped previously incorrect dependency bound on scipy to 0.19.
 - Bug fix for 'params' argument usage in GMMHMM.
 - Warn when an explicitly set attribute would be overridden by
   ``init_params_``.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ae4658f..13b6728d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     install_requires=[
         "numpy>=1.10",  # np.broadcast_to.
         "scikit-learn>=0.16",  # sklearn.utils.check_array.
-        "scipy>=0.15",  # scipy.special.logsumexp(..., keepdims=True).
+        "scipy>=0.19",  # scipy.special.logsumexp.
     ],
     extras_require={
         "tests": ["pytest"],