diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b36055e7a3bbc689e6a06bc7427d009cda943688..17ff89348bb7a299c06c4c16aeae81b5aba6c787 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ setup(name="ift_nifty",
       include_dirs=[numpy.get_include()],
       dependency_links=[
         'git+https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/ift/keepers.git#egg=keepers-0.3.7',
-        'git+https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/ift/d2o.git#egg=d2o-1.0.8'],
-      install_requires=['keepers>=0.3.7', 'd2o>=1.0.8'],
+        'git+https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/ift/d2o.git#egg=d2o-1.1.1'],
+      install_requires=['keepers>=0.3.7', 'd2o>=1.1.1'],
       package_data={'nifty.demos': ['demo_faraday_map.npy'],
                     },
       license="GPLv3",
diff --git a/test/test_field.py b/test/test_field.py
index f6a2f6bb8c7de4a88f749255f3e29a1add7c89e4..878ddac49f6caf84d69fae8ce6302cefd93468ee 100644
--- a/test/test_field.py
+++ b/test/test_field.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from nifty import Field,\
                   PowerSpace,\
                   nifty_configuration
 
+import d2o
 from d2o import distributed_data_object
 
 from test.common import expand
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ class Test_Functionality(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_power_synthesize_analyze(self, space1, space2, base):
         nifty_configuration['harmonic_rg_base'] = base
 
+        d2o.random.seed(11)
+
         p1 = PowerSpace(space1)
         spec1 = lambda k: 42/(1+k)**2
         fp1 = Field(p1, val=spec1)