diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b40439c513..264297d9218 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## dbt 0.17.0 (Release TBD)
 
+### Fixes
+- Removed `pytest-logbook` dependency from `dbt-core` ([#2505](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2505))
+
+Contributors:
+ - [@aburgel](https://github.com/aburgel) ([#2505](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2505))
+
 ## dbt 0.17.0rc4 (June 2, 2020)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 515ac24b9a1..df6200a1511 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def read(fname):
         'dataclasses==0.6;python_version<"3.7"',
         'hologram==0.0.7',
         'logbook>=1.5,<1.6',
-        'pytest-logbook>=1.2.0,<1.3',
         'typing-extensions>=3.7.4,<3.8',
         # the following are all to match snowflake-connector-python
         'requests>=2.18.0,<2.23.0',
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 172f4d2cecd..d7992ad5c50 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ flaky>=3.5.3,<4
 mypy==0.761
 wheel
 twine
+pytest-logbook>=1.2.0,<1.3