diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 54d0895b8..ccd12338e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ futurist>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=3.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=2.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.14.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 19b0eb8bd..c50aa10bc 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ kafka-python<1.0.0,>=0.9.5 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-reno>=1.6.2 # Apache2
+reno>=1.8.0 # Apache2
 
 # AMQP 1.0 support depends on the Qpid Proton AMQP 1.0
 # development libraries.