diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 94f25d73ed..bac7eabafa 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-alembic==0.8.10
+alembic==0.9.6
 automaton==1.9.0
 Babel==2.3.4
 bandit==1.1.0
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ iso8601==0.1.11
 Jinja2==2.10
 jsonpatch==1.16
 jsonschema==2.6.0
-keystoneauth1==3.15.0
+keystoneauth1==3.18.0
 keystonemiddleware==4.17.0
 mock==3.0.0
 openstackdocstheme==1.31.2
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ oslotest==3.2.0
 osprofiler==1.5.0
 pbr==2.0.0
 pecan==1.0.0
+pika==0.10.0
 psutil==3.2.2
 psycopg2==2.7.3
 Pygments==2.2.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdff31be5b..da87b30379 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 SQLAlchemy!=1.1.5,!=1.1.6,!=1.1.7,!=1.1.8,>=1.0.10 # MIT
-alembic>=0.8.10 # MIT
+alembic>=0.9.6 # MIT
 automaton>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,>=0.18.2 # MIT
 WebOb>=1.7.1 # MIT
 python-cinderclient!=4.0.0,>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-neutronclient>=6.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-keystoneauth1>=3.15.0 # Apache-2.0
+keystoneauth1>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 ironic-lib>=2.17.1 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 pytz>=2013.6 # MIT
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 62fac742e6..2ce36f9f59 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ ignore_basepython_conflict=true
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = True
-install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 basepython = python3
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE = 1