diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index f4714583..d0a2ebd6 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.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>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+pbr>=0.11,<2.0
 Babel>=1.3
 stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3dd1ca6b..0a14dc0d 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>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+pbr>=0.11,<2.0
 Babel>=1.3
 stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ iso8601>=0.1.9
 zake>=0.1.6 # Apache-2.0
 msgpack-python>=0.4.0
 retrying>=1.2.3,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
-futures>=2.1.6
+futures>=3.0
 oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 4f48c2db..322e4d9c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pep8==1.5.7
 pyflakes==0.8.1
-flake8==2.2.4
+flake8==2.4.0
 discover
 mock>=1.0
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3