diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b9750d3..7236b458 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ automaton>=0.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 # For common utilities
 oslo.utils>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-retrying>=1.2.3,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
+retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 
 # For lru caches and such
 cachetools>=1.0.0 # MIT License