diff --git a/ci/azure/install.yml b/ci/azure/install.yml
index 8d72ffce124..f1192f4424f 100644
--- a/ci/azure/install.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/install.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ steps:
         --upgrade \
         git+https://github.com/dask/dask \
         git+https://github.com/dask/distributed \
-        git+https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr
+        git+https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr \
+        git+https://github.com/Unidata/cftime
   condition: eq(variables['UPSTREAM_DEV'], 'true')
   displayName: Install upstream dev dependencies
 
diff --git a/ci/requirements/py36-min-all-deps.yml b/ci/requirements/py36-min-all-deps.yml
index 3f10a158f91..bbc51d09ce2 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/py36-min-all-deps.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/py36-min-all-deps.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy=0.17
   - cdms2=3.1
   - cfgrib=0.9
-  - cftime=1.0
+  - cftime=1.0.3
   - coveralls
   - dask=1.2
   - distributed=1.27
diff --git a/ci/requirements/py36.yml b/ci/requirements/py36.yml
index 4d6d778f884..54ab9b5be7a 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/py36.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/py36.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy
   - cdms2
   - cfgrib
-  - cftime
+  - cftime=1.0.3.4
   - coveralls
   - dask
   - distributed
diff --git a/ci/requirements/py37-windows.yml b/ci/requirements/py37-windows.yml
index 78784b48f3c..3318d837257 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/py37-windows.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/py37-windows.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy
   # - cdms2  # Not available on Windows
   # - cfgrib>=0.9.2  # Causes Python interpreter crash on Windows
-  - cftime
+  - cftime=1.0.3.4
   - coveralls
   - dask
   - distributed
diff --git a/ci/requirements/py37.yml b/ci/requirements/py37.yml
index 38e5db641b7..5cdb634649c 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/py37.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/py37.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy
   - cdms2
   - cfgrib
-  - cftime
+  - cftime=1.0.3.4
   - coveralls
   - dask
   - distributed
diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index abe472cc6bb..ede18c3b147 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ What's New
 v0.14.1 (unreleased)
 --------------------
 
+Breaking changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Minimum cftime version is now 1.0.3. By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
+
 New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - Added integration tests against `pint <https://pint.readthedocs.io/>`_.