diff --git a/heat/common/config.py b/heat/common/config.py
index 9125fc960c..b3bd6b3eea 100644
--- a/heat/common/config.py
+++ b/heat/common/config.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_db import options as oslo_db_ops
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_middleware import cors
-from oslo_policy import opts as policy_opts
 from osprofiler import opts as profiler
 
 from heat.common import exception
@@ -612,9 +611,4 @@ def set_config_defaults():
                        'DELETE',
                        'PATCH']
     )
-    # TODO(gmann): Remove setting the default value of config policy_file
-    # once oslo_policy change the default value to 'policy.yaml'.
-    # https://github.com/openstack/oslo.policy/blob/a626ad12fe5a3abd49d70e3e5b95589d279ab578/oslo_policy/opts.py#L49
-    policy_opts.set_defaults(cfg.CONF, 'policy.yaml')
-
     profiler.set_defaults(cfg.CONF)
diff --git a/heat/common/policy.py b/heat/common/policy.py
index fe26646f11..78eebf64fd 100644
--- a/heat/common/policy.py
+++ b/heat/common/policy.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-from oslo_policy import opts
 from oslo_policy import policy
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 
@@ -34,14 +33,6 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 DEFAULT_RULES = policy.Rules.from_dict({'default': '!'})
 DEFAULT_RESOURCE_RULES = policy.Rules.from_dict({'default': '@'})
 
-# TODO(gmann): Remove setting the default value of config policy_file
-# 'policy_file' once oslo_policy change its default value to what
-# is overridden here.
-DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE = 'policy.yaml'
-opts.set_defaults(
-    CONF,
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE)
-
 ENFORCER = None
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7cbe2b1e60..5a6ed09724 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=3.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=4.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=3.31.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.policy>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=4.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=1.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=2.25.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.24.0 # Apache-2.0