diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dd734cbc..d6629e9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 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
 
 Babel>=1.3
 cliff>=1.14.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05..782bb21f 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 01585431..1f0b3daf 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ discover
 mock>=1.2
 oslo.config>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-python-neutronclient<3,>=2.6.0
-python-novaclient>=2.26.0
+python-neutronclient>=2.6.0
+python-novaclient>=2.28.1
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 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
 testrepository>=0.0.18