diff --git a/blacklist.txt b/blacklist.txt
index e97344988e..34f319068d 100644
--- a/blacklist.txt
+++ b/blacklist.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ pep257
 pep8
 pyflakes
 pylint
-# release changelog generator - xxx - under discussion
-reno
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index e4e273f0cb..d4387d4ab1 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ pyzmq===15.2.0
 qpid-python===0.32.1;python_version=='2.7'
 rcssmin===1.0.6
 redis===2.10.5
+reno===1.8.0
 repoze.lru===0.6
 repoze.who===2.3
 requests===2.10.0