diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 203e56f6..1cb29873 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # 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,>=0.11
+pbr<2.0,>=1.3
 argparse
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7
 requests>=2.5.2
 simplejson>=2.2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
 Babel>=1.3
 six>=1.9.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 056c16c2..d8080d05 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
     pbr=True)