diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index adae5c80..1aa7ffb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 
-argparse>=1.2.1
+argparse
 eventlet>=0.13.0
 requests>=1.2.3
 python-keystoneclient>=0.3.2