diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 906f3d222..e3a08e0c2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 argparse
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7
 python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05c..782bb21f0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 7df482fac..41212b209 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 requests-mock>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2
-tempest-lib>=0.6.1
+tempest-lib>=0.8.0
 testtools>=1.4.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18