diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 678661c10..bc2f21bc3 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ sqlalchemy-migrate==0.11.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.0.10
 sqlparse==0.2.4
 statsd==3.2.2
-stestr==2.0.0
+stestr==1.0.0
 stevedore==1.20.0
 Tempita==0.5.2
 testrepository==0.0.20
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index de1744fd8..aced9f89b 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ hacking>=1.0.0,<1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
 sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2 # BSD
 openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
-os-testr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 652c9f719..0e54b795a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ install_command = pip install -U -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.opens
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
-    ostestr {posargs}
+    stestr run {posargs}
 setenv =
     VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ setenv =
     PYTHON=coverage run --branch --omit='*test*' --source ironic_inspector --parallel-mode
 commands =
     coverage erase
-    ostestr {posargs}
+    stestr run {posargs}
     coverage combine
     coverage report -m --omit='*test*' --fail-under 90
     coverage html -d ./cover --omit='*test*'