diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7e07eaf7fc..7568d5f36e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=1.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.messaging>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.messaging!=1.17.0,!=1.17.1,>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=2.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pyasn1
 pyasn1-modules
 Jinja2>=2.6 # BSD License (3 clause)
 paramiko>=1.13.0
-taskflow>=0.11.0
+taskflow>=1.16.0
 networkx>=1.8
 
 #for the amphora api