diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 54837566d94e..b98d6830616a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ mock>=1.0
 mox>=0.5.3
 MySQL-python
 psycopg2
-pylint==0.25.2
+pylint>=0.25.2
 python-ironicclient>=0.2.1
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18
-testtools>=0.9.34
+testtools>=0.9.36