diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d51b89bb..bca9d976 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.12.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.messaging!=1.17.0,!=1.17.1,!=2.6.0,!=2.6.1,!=2.8.0,>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.messaging!=2.8.0,>2.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=2.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=0.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0