diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptest.py b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
index ba7e2f7c4..506e65011 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ have['pymongo'] = test_for('pymongo')
 have['wx'] = test_for('wx')
 have['wx.aui'] = test_for('wx.aui')
 if os.name == 'nt':
-    have['zmq'] = test_for('zmq', '2.1dev')
+    have['zmq'] = test_for('zmq', '2.1.7')
 else:
     have['zmq'] = test_for('zmq', '2.1.4')
 have['qt'] = test_for('IPython.external.qt')