diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a163e054..99f6a23e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=1.0.0                       # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable>=0.7,<0.8
-requests>=1.2.1,!=2.4.0
+requests>=2.2.0,!=2.4.0
 six>=1.7.0
 stevedore>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index e0387f04..f207486e 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ oauthlib>=0.6
 oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 pycrypto>=2.6
 requests-mock>=0.4.0  # Apache-2.0
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testresources>=0.2.4
 testtools>=0.9.34