diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 04fa5d16ef..04039df9e6 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ paramiko>=1.13.0
 passlib
 Paste
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
-pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+pbr>=0.11,<2.0
 pecan>=0.8.0
 pexpect>=3.1,!=3.3 # ISC License
 Pillow>=2.4.0 # MIT