diff --git a/doc/source/man/nova-status.rst b/doc/source/man/nova-status.rst
index 032cf69ced4f..ae92a16db851 100644
--- a/doc/source/man/nova-status.rst
+++ b/doc/source/man/nova-status.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ Upgrade
     Placement service. More information on the Placement service can be found
     at: `<http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/placement.html>`_
 
+  **16.0.0 (Pike)**
+
+  * Checks for the Placement API are modified to require version 1.4, that
+    is needed in Pike and further for nova-scheduler to work correctly.
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 ========
diff --git a/nova/cmd/status.py b/nova/cmd/status.py
index d3bce8a1ae6d..1137905fa200 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/status.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/status.py
@@ -201,10 +201,9 @@ class UpgradeCommands(object):
         try:
             versions = self._placement_get("/")
             max_version = float(versions["versions"][0]["max_version"])
-            # The required version is a bit tricky but we know that we at least
-            # need 1.0 for Newton computes. This minimum might change in the
-            # future.
-            needs_version = 1.0
+            # NOTE(rpodolyaka): 1.4 is needed in Pike and further as
+            # FilterScheduler will no longer fall back to not using placement
+            needs_version = 1.4
             if max_version < needs_version:
                 msg = (_('Placement API version %(needed)s needed, '
                          'you have %(current)s.') %
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py b/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
index ce742f4ea947..1d0a0784170c 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class TestPlacementCheck(test.NoDBTestCase):
             "versions": [
                 {
                     "min_version": "1.0",
-                    "max_version": "1.0",
+                    "max_version": "1.4",
                     "id": "v1.0"
                 }
             ]
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class TestPlacementCheck(test.NoDBTestCase):
         }
         res = self.cmd._check_placement()
         self.assertEqual(status.UpgradeCheckCode.FAILURE, res.code)
-        self.assertIn('Placement API version 1.0 needed, you have 0.9',
+        self.assertIn('Placement API version 1.4 needed, you have 0.9',
                       res.details)
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/no-placement-fallback-5db2d0645f51aca8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/no-placement-fallback-5db2d0645f51aca8.yaml
index 133da5fb2d46..7c50eac5c12e 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/no-placement-fallback-5db2d0645f51aca8.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/no-placement-fallback-5db2d0645f51aca8.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ upgrade:
   - In Ocata, the nova-scheduler would fall back to not calling the
     placement service during instance boot if old computes were
     running. That compatibility mode is no longer present in Pike, and
-    as such, the scheduler fully depends on the placement service.
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+    as such, the scheduler fully depends on the placement service.
+    This effectively means that in Pike Nova requires Placement API
+    version 1.4 (Ocata).