diff --git a/manila/policy.py b/manila/policy.py
index a551404f1f..7ff0f72d71 100644
--- a/manila/policy.py
+++ b/manila/policy.py
@@ -33,15 +33,13 @@ _ENFORCER = None
 
 
 # TODO(gmann): Remove setting the default value of config policy_file
-# once oslo_policy change the default value to 'policy.yaml'.
-# https://github.com/openstack/oslo.policy/blob/a626ad12fe5a3abd49d70e3e5b95589d279ab578/oslo_policy/opts.py#L49
+# '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)
 opts.set_defaults(
     cfg.CONF,
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE,
-    enforce_scope=True,
-    enforce_new_defaults=True)
+    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE)
 
 
 def reset():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ecc6865354..e0c5f83199 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=5.0.1 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=4.1.1 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.policy>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.privsep>=2.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=6.2.0 # Apache-2.0