diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 567c533387..9b354e7c9b 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bandit==1.1.0
 bcrypt==3.1.4
 cachetools==2.0.1
 certifi==2018.1.18
-cffi==1.11.5
+cffi==1.14.0
 chardet==3.0.4
 cliff==2.11.0
 cmd2==0.8.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ future==0.16.0
 futurist==1.6.0
 gitdb2==2.0.3
 GitPython==2.1.8
-greenlet==0.4.13
+greenlet==0.4.15
 idna==2.6
 iso8601==0.1.12
 Jinja2==2.10
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jsonpointer==2.0
 jsonschema==2.6.0
 keystoneauth1==3.18.0
 keystonemiddleware==4.17.0
-kombu==4.0.0
+kombu==5.0.1
 linecache2==1.0.0
-lxml==3.4.1
+lxml==4.5.0
 Mako==1.0.7
-MarkupSafe==1.0
+MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 mccabe==0.2.1
 monotonic==1.4
 msgpack==0.5.6
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ oslo.cache==1.26.0
 oslo.concurrency==3.26.0
 oslo.config==5.2.0
 oslo.context==2.19.2
-oslo.db==4.27.0
+oslo.db==6.0.0
 oslo.i18n==3.15.3
 oslo.log==3.36.0
 oslo.messaging==5.29.0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ oslo.versionedobjects==1.31.2
 oslotest==3.2.0
 osprofiler==1.4.0
 packaging==17.1
-paramiko==2.4.1
+paramiko==2.7.1
 Paste==2.0.3
 PasteDeploy==1.5.0
 pbr==2.0.0
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ pika==0.10.0
 ply==3.11
 prettytable==0.7.2
 psutil==5.4.3
-psycopg2==2.7
+psycopg2==2.8
 pyasn1==0.4.2
 pycadf==2.7.0
 pycparser==2.18
 Pygments==2.2.0
 pyinotify==0.9.6
-PyMySQL==0.7.6
+PyMySQL==0.8.0
 PyNaCl==1.2.1
 pyOpenSSL==17.5.0
 pyparsing==2.2.0
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ python-vitrageclient==2.7.0
 python-zaqarclient==1.3.0
 python-zunclient==3.4.0
 pytz==2013.6
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==3.13
 repoze.lru==0.7
 requests==2.14.2
 requestsexceptions==1.4.0
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Routes==2.3.1
 simplejson==3.13.2
 six==1.10.0
 smmap2==2.0.3
-sqlalchemy-migrate==0.11.0
+sqlalchemy-migrate==0.13.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.0.10
 sqlparse==0.2.4
 statsd==3.2.2
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ stestr==2.0.0
 stevedore==3.1.0
 tempest==17.1.0
 Tempita==0.5.2
-tenacity==4.4.0
+tenacity==6.1.0
 testresources==2.0.0
 testscenarios==0.4
 testtools==2.2.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2d6375434..35d59e85f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ debtcollector>=1.19.0  # Apache-2.0
 eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,!=0.21.0,!=0.23.0,!=0.25.0,>=0.18.2 # MIT
 keystoneauth1>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 keystonemiddleware>=4.17.0 # Apache-2.0
-lxml!=3.7.0,>=3.4.1 # BSD
+lxml!=3.7.0,>=4.5.0 # BSD
 netaddr>=0.7.18 # BSD
 neutron-lib>=1.14.0  # Apache-2.0
 openstacksdk>=0.11.2 # Apache-2.0
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ oslo.cache>=1.26.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.26.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=2.19.2 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.db>=4.27.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.db>=6.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=3.36.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=5.29.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ python-vitrageclient>=2.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-zaqarclient>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-zunclient>=3.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 pytz>=2013.6 # MIT
-PyYAML>=3.12 # MIT
+PyYAML>=3.13 # MIT
 requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0
-tenacity>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
+tenacity>=6.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 Routes>=2.3.1 # MIT
 SQLAlchemy!=1.1.5,!=1.1.6,!=1.1.7,!=1.1.8,>=1.0.10 # MIT
-sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.13.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 WebOb>=1.7.1 # MIT
 yaql>=1.1.3 # Apache 2.0 License
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c4233ea32f..95f10c2987 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@
 
 # Hacking already pins down pep8, pyflakes and flake8
 hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+# remove this pyflakes from here once you bump the
+# hacking to 3.2.0 or above. hacking 3.2.0 takes
+# care of pyflakes version compatibilty.
+pyflakes>=2.1.1
+
 bandit!=1.6.0,>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-kombu!=4.0.2,>=4.0.0 # BSD
-PyMySQL>=0.7.6 # MIT License
+kombu!=4.0.2,>=5.0.1 # BSD
+PyMySQL>=0.8.0 # MIT License
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-psycopg2>=2.7 # LGPL/ZPL
+psycopg2>=2.8 # LGPL/ZPL
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
diff --git a/tools/test-setup.sh b/tools/test-setup.sh
index 07a078547b..505a58cb70 100755
--- a/tools/test-setup.sh
+++ b/tools/test-setup.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ sudo -H mysqladmin -u root password $DB_ROOT_PW
 sudo -H mysql -u root -p$DB_ROOT_PW -h localhost -e "
     DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';
     FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.*
-        TO '$DB_USER'@'%' identified by '$DB_PW' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+    CREATE USER '$DB_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$DB_PW';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$DB_USER'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
 
 # Now create our database.
 mysql -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PW -h 127.0.0.1 -e "