diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 92baa1585f..af419ab792 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ greenlet>=0.3.2
 httplib2>=0.7.5
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 keystonemiddleware>=1.5.0
-kombu>=2.5.0
+kombu>=3.0.7
 lxml>=2.3
 netaddr>=0.7.12
 oslo.config>=1.9.3  # Apache-2.0