diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f07563d..a198935f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
-pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD
 oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config!=3.18.0,>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.privsep>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.versionedobjects>=1.13.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.versionedobjects>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
-stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 782bb21f..566d8443 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index cb8b950d..bf4313db 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ hacking<0.11,>=0.10.2
 coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 reno>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD