diff --git a/test-requirements-py3.txt b/test-requirements-py3.txt
index 8cdd6639d..a1e2f31f7 100644
--- a/test-requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/test-requirements-py3.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mox3>=0.7.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testscenarios>=0.4
-testtools>=0.9.34
+testtools>=0.9.36
 oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 
 # when we can require tox>= 1.4, this can go into tox.ini:
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b8dde3c2d..dae910de3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mox3>=0.7.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testscenarios>=0.4
-testtools>=0.9.34
+testtools>=0.9.36
 oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 
 # for test_qpid