diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4935651fee..e833b27886 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.9.0
 oslo.reports>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 paramiko>=1.13.0
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 pecan>=1.0.0
 python-barbicanclient>=3.3.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.18.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05c8..782bb21f06 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)