diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4a13709769..e8d38e5943 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 # pbr should be first
-pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
 
 alembic>=0.8.4 # MIT
 Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ec55846d05..1d22c169ae 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ openstackdocstheme>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Do not remove 'PyMySQL' and 'psycopg2' dependencies. They are used
 # by oslo_db lib for running MySQL and PostgreSQL DB migration tests.
 # See http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.db/contributing.html#how-to-run-unit-tests
-PyMySQL!=0.7.7,>=0.6.2 # MIT License
+PyMySQL!=0.7.7,>=0.7.6 # MIT License
 psycopg2>=2.5 # LGPL/ZPL
 
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD