diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 629f044da..d673fed1a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 Babel>=1.3
 enum34;python_version=='2.7' or python_version=='2.6'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05c..782bb21f0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 8567a4284..04d0086bb 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ testtools>=1.4.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=0.1.0
-tempest-lib>=0.6.1
+tempest-lib>=0.8.0
 bandit>=0.13.2