diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 52917668..4be3e261 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.
 elasticsearch<=3.0.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-falcon>=0.1.6 # Apache-2.0
+falcon>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 jsonschema!=2.5.0,<3.0.0,>=2.0.0 # MIT
 keystonemiddleware>=4.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 Paste # MIT
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ oslo.config!=3.18.0,>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=2.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.middleware>=3.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 782bb21f..566d8443 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2af77f1d..aaeb4d19 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 astroid<1.4.0 # LGPLv2.1 # breaks pylint 1.4.4
 flake8<2.6.0,>=2.5.4 # MIT
 pylint==1.4.5 # GPLv2
-hacking>=0.12.0,!=0.13.0,<0.14  # Apache-2.0
+hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0