diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 070f4c971c..5279e28b75 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ oslo.concurrency>=2.0.0         # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.11.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.6.0                       # Apache-2.0
 pyScss>=1.3.4  # MIT License
 python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.13
 python-cinderclient>=1.2.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644