diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4be268fef..d1a0a14ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ oslo.service>=0.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 Paste
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 pecan>=1.0.0
 python-designateclient>=1.0.0
 python-neutronclient>=2.6.0
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)