diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index baab79c..350e193 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ pip-log.txt
 .coverage
 cover
 .tox
-nosetests.xml
-.testrepository
+.stestr/
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdae92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=./oslo_middleware/tests
+top_path=./
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d83b3c..0000000
--- a/.testr.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[DEFAULT]
-test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=${OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE:-1} \
-             OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=${OS_STDERR_CAPTURE:-1} \
-             OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=${OS_TEST_TIMEOUT:-60} \
-             ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ . $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
-test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
-test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index aacab94..61ded8d 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ rfc3986==0.3.1
 six==1.10.0
 smmap==0.9.0
 statsd==3.2.1
+stestr==2.0.0
 stevedore==1.20.0
-testrepository==0.0.18
 testtools==2.2.0
 traceback2==1.4.0
 unittest2==1.1.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5e89e88..9e062a9 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Bandit security code scanner
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a9b9a70..856240e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 deps =
     -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt}
     -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
+commands = stestr run --slowest {posargs}
 
 [testenv:py27]
 basepython = python2.7