diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c064361b..7e3e991d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ python-swiftclient>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-cinderclient>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=2.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-python-novaclient>=7.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-novaclient>=9.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-neutronclient>=6.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-freezerclient>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.20.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 137011c0..566d8443 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import setuptools
 
 # In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
 # setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
-# solution from: https://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
 try:
     import multiprocessing  # noqa
 except ImportError: