diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d918dc5a..cb3a4a51 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 argparse
-requests>=2.2.0,!=2.4.0
+requests>=2.5.2
 six>=1.9.0
 python-keystoneclient>=1.3.0
 cliff>=1.10.0  # Apache-2.0