diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f6d31de5..4b9606fd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
-pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
 iso8601>=0.1.11 # MIT
 positional>=1.1.1 # Apache-2.0
 requests>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0