diff --git a/magnum/common/policy.py b/magnum/common/policy.py
index 25cb3c7b39..c11afce864 100644
--- a/magnum/common/policy.py
+++ b/magnum/common/policy.py
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@ _ENFORCER = None
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 # TODO(ricolin): Remove overriding the default value of config options
-# 'policy_file', 'enforce_scope', and 'enforce_new_defaults' once
-# oslo_policy change their default value to what is overridden here.
+# 'policy_file' once oslo_policy change its default value to what
+# is overridden here.
 DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE = 'policy.yaml'
 opts.set_defaults(
     CONF,
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE,
-    enforce_scope=True,
-    enforce_new_defaults=True
+    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE
 )
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dbeaa37797..c02ab2f98d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=5.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=4.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=4.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.policy>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0