diff --git a/integration/tests/examples/examples/client.py b/integration/tests/examples/examples/client.py
index e52d1833d6..598e9bcd5f 100644
--- a/integration/tests/examples/examples/client.py
+++ b/integration/tests/examples/examples/client.py
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ class SnippetWriter(object):
     def _indent_xml(self, my_string):
         my_string = my_string.encode("utf-8")
         # convert to plain string without indents and spaces
-        my_re = re.compile('>\s+([^\s])', re.DOTALL)
-        my_string = myre.sub('>\g<1>', my_string)
+        my_re = re.compile(r'>\s+([^\s])', re.DOTALL)
+        my_string = myre.sub(r'>\g<1>', my_string)
         my_string = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(my_string).toprettyxml()
         # remove line breaks
-        my_re = re.compile('>\n\s+([^<>\s].*?)\n\s+</', re.DOTALL)
-        my_string = my_re.sub('>\g<1></', my_string)
+        my_re = re.compile(r'>\n\s+([^<>\s].*?)\n\s+</', re.DOTALL)
+        my_string = my_re.sub(r'>\g<1></', my_string)
         return my_string
 
     def output_request(self, url, output_headers, body, content_type, method,
diff --git a/integration/tests/examples/examples/example_generation.py b/integration/tests/examples/examples/example_generation.py
index 54d03d1120..a8ffb50b76 100644
--- a/integration/tests/examples/examples/example_generation.py
+++ b/integration/tests/examples/examples/example_generation.py
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ class ExampleClient(object):
     def _indent_xml(self, my_string):
         my_string = my_string.encode("utf-8")
         # convert to plain string without indents and spaces
-        my_re = re.compile('>\s+([^\s])', re.DOTALL)
-        my_string = myre.sub('>\g<1>', my_string)
+        my_re = re.compile(r'>\s+([^\s])', re.DOTALL)
+        my_string = myre.sub(r'>\g<1>', my_string)
         my_string = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(my_string).toprettyxml()
         # remove line breaks
-        my_re = re.compile('>\n\s+([^<>\s].*?)\n\s+</', re.DOTALL)
-        my_string = my_re.sub('>\g<1></', my_string)
+        my_re = re.compile(r'>\n\s+([^<>\s].*?)\n\s+</', re.DOTALL)
+        my_string = my_re.sub(r'>\g<1></', my_string)
         return my_string
 
     def output_request(self, url, output_headers, body, content_type, method,
diff --git a/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/rpc.py b/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/rpc.py
index d534ff31a9..aa9b7dc977 100644
--- a/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/rpc.py
+++ b/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/rpc.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if CONFIG.values.get('rabbit_runs_locally', False) == True:
                               shell=False)
             for line in iter(proc.stdout.readline, ""):
                 print("LIST QUEUES:" + line)
-                m = re.search("""%s\s+([0-9]+)""" % queue_name, line)
+                m = re.search(r"%s\s+([0-9]+)" % queue_name, line)
                 if m:
                     return int(m.group(1))
             return None
diff --git a/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/services.py b/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/services.py
index b54f92d6b8..f5f8cbf1cb 100644
--- a/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/services.py
+++ b/integration/tests/integration/tests/util/services.py
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ class Service(object):
         proc = start_proc(["/usr/bin/pmap", "-d", str(pid)],
                           shell=False)
         for line in iter(proc.stdout.readline, ""):
-            m = re.search("""mapped\:\s([0-9]+)K\s+"""
-                          """writeable/private:\s([0-9]+)K\s+"""
-                          """shared:\s+([0-9]+)K""", line)
+            m = re.search(r"mapped\:\s([0-9]+)K\s+"
+                          r"writeable/private:\s([0-9]+)K\s+"
+                          r"shared:\s+([0-9]+)K", line)
             if m:
                 return MemoryInfo(int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)),
                                   int(m.group(3)))
diff --git a/tools/install_venv.py b/tools/install_venv.py
index f53310711b..eee9e720e7 100755
--- a/tools/install_venv.py
+++ b/tools/install_venv.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def check_dependencies():
             print('Installing virtualenv via easy_install...'),
             if not (run_command(['which', 'easy_install']) and
                     run_command(['easy_install', 'virtualenv'])):
-                die('ERROR: virtualenv not found.\n\Trove development'
+                die('ERROR: virtualenv not found.\nTrove development'
                     ' requires virtualenv, please install it using your'
                     ' favorite package management tool')
             print('done.')
diff --git a/tools/trove-pylint.py b/tools/trove-pylint.py
index 785c4bf6e1..5b91a9bd7e 100755
--- a/tools/trove-pylint.py
+++ b/tools/trove-pylint.py
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ class LintRunner(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.config = Config()
         self.idline = re.compile("^[*]* Module .*")
-        self.detail = re.compile("(\S+):(\d+): \[(\S+)\((\S+)\), (\S+)?] (.*)")
+        self.detail = re.compile(r"(\S+):(\d+): \[(\S+)\((\S+)\),"
+                                 r" (\S+)?] (.*)")
 
     def dolint(self, filename):
         exceptions = set()
diff --git a/trove/common/apischema.py b/trove/common/apischema.py
index 554a25aa3e..e0835512c2 100644
--- a/trove/common/apischema.py
+++ b/trove/common/apischema.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 url_ref = {
     "type": "string",
     "minLength": 8,
-    "pattern": 'http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]'
-               '|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+'
+    "pattern": r'http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]'
+               r'|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+'
 }
 
 boolean_string = {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ volume_size = {
 host_string = {
     "type": "string",
     "minLength": 1,
-    "pattern": "^[%]?[\w(-).]*[%]?$"
+    "pattern": r"^[%]?[\w(-).]*[%]?$"
 }
 
 name_string = {
diff --git a/trove/common/db/cassandra/models.py b/trove/common/db/cassandra/models.py
index ad69aa1773..2f21dea7a5 100644
--- a/trove/common/db/cassandra/models.py
+++ b/trove/common/db/cassandra/models.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class CassandraSchema(models.DatastoreSchema):
         return 32
 
     def _is_valid_schema_name(self, value):
-        return not any(c in value for c in '/\. "$')
+        return not any(c in value for c in r'/\. "$')
 
 
 class CassandraUser(models.DatastoreUser):
diff --git a/trove/common/db/mongodb/models.py b/trove/common/db/mongodb/models.py
index 9185c73de7..3797450569 100644
--- a/trove/common/db/mongodb/models.py
+++ b/trove/common/db/mongodb/models.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class MongoDBSchema(models.DatastoreSchema):
     def _is_valid_schema_name(self, value):
         # check against the invalid character set from
         # http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/limits
-        return not any(c in value for c in '/\. "$')
+        return not any(c in value for c in r'/\. "$')
 
 
 class MongoDBUser(models.DatastoreUser):
diff --git a/trove/common/db/mysql/models.py b/trove/common/db/mysql/models.py
index 50700b103d..b9df7c58e2 100644
--- a/trove/common/db/mysql/models.py
+++ b/trove/common/db/mysql/models.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class MySQLSchema(models.DatastoreSchema):
     # Defaults
     __charset__ = "utf8"
     __collation__ = "utf8_general_ci"
-    dbname = re.compile("^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+[\s\?\#\@]*[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$")
+    dbname = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+[\s\?\#\@]*[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$")
 
     # Complete list of acceptable values
     collation = mysql_settings.collation
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class MySQLSchema(models.DatastoreSchema):
 class MySQLUser(models.DatastoreUser):
     """Represents a MySQL User and its associated properties."""
 
-    not_supported_chars = re.compile("^\s|\s$|'|\"|;|`|,|/|\\\\")
+    not_supported_chars = re.compile(r"""^\s|\s$|'|"|;|`|,|/|\\""")
 
     def _is_valid_string(self, value):
         if (not value or
diff --git a/trove/common/wsgi.py b/trove/common/wsgi.py
index d28f2bca08..63d966ac05 100644
--- a/trove/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/trove/common/wsgi.py
@@ -197,16 +197,16 @@ class Request(base_wsgi.Request):
     @utils.cached_property
     def accept_version(self):
         accept_header = self.headers.get('ACCEPT', "")
-        accept_version_re = re.compile(".*?application/vnd.openstack.trove"
-                                       "(\+.+?)?;"
-                                       "version=(?P<version_no>\d+\.?\d*)")
+        accept_version_re = re.compile(r".*?application/vnd.openstack.trove"
+                                       r"(\+.+?)?;"
+                                       r"version=(?P<version_no>\d+\.?\d*)")
 
         match = accept_version_re.search(accept_header)
         return match.group("version_no") if match else None
 
     @utils.cached_property
     def url_version(self):
-        versioned_url_re = re.compile("/v(?P<version_no>\d+\.?\d*)")
+        versioned_url_re = re.compile(r"/v(?P<version_no>\d+\.?\d*)")
         match = versioned_url_re.search(self.path)
         return match.group("version_no") if match else None
 
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/common/configuration.py b/trove/guestagent/common/configuration.py
index 8b98686694..0ee8c1be25 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/common/configuration.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/common/configuration.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class ImportOverrideStrategy(ConfigurationOverrideStrategy):
     within their set got applied.
     """
 
-    FILE_NAME_PATTERN = '%s-([0-9]+)-%s\.%s$'
+    FILE_NAME_PATTERN = r'%s-([0-9]+)-%s\.%s$'
 
     def __init__(self, revision_dir, revision_ext):
         """
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/common/guestagent_utils.py b/trove/guestagent/common/guestagent_utils.py
index d408a3491b..6945be7283 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/common/guestagent_utils.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/common/guestagent_utils.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def to_bytes(value):
     """Convert numbers with a byte suffix to bytes.
     """
     if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
-        pattern = re.compile('^(\d+)([K,M,G]{1})$')
+        pattern = re.compile(r'^(\d+)([K,M,G]{1})$')
         match = pattern.match(value)
         if match:
             value = match.group(1)
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/couchbase/system.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/couchbase/system.py
index e9b3059c91..4b266f66fe 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/couchbase/system.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/couchbase/system.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ cmd_update_sysctl_conf = ('echo "vm.swappiness = 0" | sudo tee -a '
                           '/etc/sysctl.conf')
 cmd_reset_pwd = 'sudo /opt/couchbase/bin/cbreset_password %(IP)s:8091'
 pwd_file = COUCHBASE_CONF_DIR + SECRET_KEY
-cmd_get_password_from_config = """sudo /opt/couchbase/bin/erl -noinput -eval \
-'case file:read_file("/opt/couchbase/var/lib/couchbase/config/config.dat") \
-of {ok, B} -> io:format("~p~n", [binary_to_term(B)]) end.' \
--run init stop | grep '\[{"root",\[{password,' | awk -F\\" '{print $4}'
-"""
+cmd_get_password_from_config = (
+    r"""sudo /opt/couchbase/bin/erl -noinput -eval 'case file:read_file("""
+    r""""/opt/couchbase/var/lib/couchbase/config/config.dat") of {ok, B} ->"""
+    r"""io:format("~p~n", [binary_to_term(B)]) end.' -run init stop"""
+    r""" | grep '\[{"root",\[{password,' | awk -F\" '{print $4}'""")
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/system.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/system.py
index 64c7da3163..28e10f5110 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/system.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/system.py
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ RESTORE_OFFLINE_DB = (
     "db2 restore database %(dbname)s from " + DB2_BACKUP_DIR)
 GET_DB_SIZE = (
     "db2 +o connect to %(dbname)s;"
-    "db2 call get_dbsize_info\(?, ?, ?, -1\) | "
+    r"db2 call get_dbsize_info\(?, ?, ?, -1\) | "
     "grep -A1 'DATABASESIZE' | grep 'Parameter Value' | sed 's/.*[:]//' |"
     " tr -d '\n'; db2 +o connect reset")
 GET_DB_NAMES = ("find /home/db2inst1/db2inst1/backup/ -type f -name '*.001' |"
-                " grep -Po \"(?<=backup/)[^.']*(?=\.)\"")
+                " grep -Po \"(?<=backup/)[^.']*(?=\\.)\"")
 GET_DBM_CONFIGURATION = "db2 get dbm configuration > %(dbm_config)s"
 UPDATE_DBM_CONFIGURATION = ("db2 update database manager configuration using "
                             "%(parameter)s %(value)s")
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service.py
index a18d76ed3a..6c8959ee87 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service.py
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class PgSqlApp(object):
         """
         r = operating_system.read_file(self.pgsql_recovery_config,
                                        as_root=True)
-        regexp = re.compile("host=(\d+.\d+.\d+.\d+) ")
+        regexp = re.compile(r"host=(\d+.\d+.\d+.\d+) ")
         m = regexp.search(r)
         return m.group(1)
 
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/vertica/system.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/vertica/system.py
index 66c7df893f..104d9c294e 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/vertica/system.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/vertica/system.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class VSqlError(object):
         stderr looks like: "ERROR 3117: Division by zero"
         :param stderr:  string from executing statement via vsql
         """
-        parse = re.match("^(ERROR|WARNING) (\d+): (.+)$", stderr)
+        parse = re.match(r"^(ERROR|WARNING) (\d+): (.+)$", stderr)
         if not parse:
             raise ValueError(_("VSql stderr %(msg)s not recognized.")
                              % {'msg': stderr})
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/pkg.py b/trove/guestagent/pkg.py
index 06734c4197..4938eebb2e 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/pkg.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/pkg.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class RedhatPackagerMixin(RPMPackagerMixin):
 
         """
         cmd = "sudo yum --color=never -y install %s" % " ".join(packages)
-        output_expects = ['\[sudo\] password for .*:',
+        output_expects = [r'\[sudo\] password for .*:',
                           'No package (.*) available.',
                           ('file .* from install of .* conflicts with file'
                            ' from package (.*?)\r\n'),
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class RedhatPackagerMixin(RPMPackagerMixin):
         """
         cmd = "sudo yum --color=never -y remove %s" % package_name
         LOG.debug("Running package remove command: %s", cmd)
-        output_expects = ['\[sudo\] password for .*:',
+        output_expects = [r'\[sudo\] password for .*:',
                           'No Packages marked for removal',
                           'Removed:']
         i, match = self.pexpect_run(cmd, output_expects, time_out)
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class DebianPackagerMixin(BasePackagerMixin):
     def pkg_version(self, package_name):
         std_out = getoutput("apt-cache", "policy", package_name)
         for line in std_out.split("\n"):
-            m = re.match("\s+Installed: (.*)", line)
+            m = re.match(r"\s+Installed: (.*)", line)
             if m:
                 version = m.group(1)
                 if version == "(none)":
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/cassandra_impl.py b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/cassandra_impl.py
index 8066475bfb..33398ef276 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/cassandra_impl.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/cassandra_impl.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ class NodetoolSnapshot(base.BackupRunner):
                   snapshot_name)
         snapshot_files = operating_system.list_files_in_directory(
             data_dir, recursive=True, include_dirs=False,
-            pattern='.*/snapshots/%s/.*\.%s' % (snapshot_name,
-                                                self._SNAPSHOT_EXTENSION),
+            pattern=r'.*/snapshots/%s/.*\.%s' % (snapshot_name,
+                                                 self._SNAPSHOT_EXTENSION),
             as_root=True)
         num_snapshot_files = len(snapshot_files)
         LOG.debug('Found %(num)d snapshot (*.%(ext)s) files.',
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/postgresql_impl.py b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/postgresql_impl.py
index 672223b777..8c1478cd62 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/postgresql_impl.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/postgresql_impl.py
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ class PgBaseBackup(base.BackupRunner, PgBaseBackupUtil):
         operating_system.chmod(
             metadata_file, FileMode(add=[stat.S_IROTH]), as_root=True)
 
-        start_re = re.compile("START WAL LOCATION: (.*) \(file (.*)\)")
-        stop_re = re.compile("STOP WAL LOCATION: (.*) \(file (.*)\)")
+        start_re = re.compile(r"START WAL LOCATION: (.*) \(file (.*)\)")
+        stop_re = re.compile(r"STOP WAL LOCATION: (.*) \(file (.*)\)")
         checkpt_re = re.compile("CHECKPOINT LOCATION: (.*)")
         label_re = re.compile("LABEL: (.*)")
 
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py
index 8c51fc7a31..be50a0eec4 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ class InnoBackupEx(base.BackupRunner):
     def metadata(self):
         LOG.debug('Getting metadata from backup.')
         meta = {}
-        lsn = re.compile("The latest check point \(for incremental\): '(\d+)'")
+        lsn = re.compile(r"The latest check point \(for incremental\): "
+                         r"'(\d+)'")
         with open('/tmp/innobackupex.log', 'r') as backup_log:
             output = backup_log.read()
             match = lsn.search(output)
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/experimental/postgresql_impl.py b/trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/experimental/postgresql_impl.py
index f5080c736f..c7cf0d63f2 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/experimental/postgresql_impl.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/experimental/postgresql_impl.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class PgDump(base.RestoreRunner):
     base_restore_cmd = 'psql -U os_admin'
 
     IGNORED_ERROR_PATTERNS = [
-        re.compile("ERROR:\s*role \"postgres\" already exists"),
+        re.compile(r'ERROR:\s*role "postgres" already exists'),
     ]
 
     def restore(self):
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class PgBaseBackup(base.RestoreRunner):
     base_restore_cmd = ''
 
     IGNORED_ERROR_PATTERNS = [
-        re.compile("ERROR:\s*role \"postgres\" already exists"),
+        re.compile(r'ERROR:\s*role "postgres" already exists'),
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/trove/tests/api/mgmt/hosts.py b/trove/tests/api/mgmt/hosts.py
index d057319284..37754864b2 100644
--- a/trove/tests/api/mgmt/hosts.py
+++ b/trove/tests/api/mgmt/hosts.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class HostsBeforeInstanceCreation(object):
 
     @test(depends_on=[test_empty_index_host_list])
     def test_empty_index_host_list_single(self):
-        self.host.name = self.host.name.replace(".", "\.")
+        self.host.name = self.host.name.replace(".", r"\.")
         result = self.client.hosts.get(self.host)
         assert_not_equal(result, None,
                          "Get host should not be empty for: %s" % self.host)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class HostsMgmtCommands(object):
 
     @test(depends_on=[test_index_host_list])
     def test_index_host_list_single(self):
-        self.host.name = self.host.name.replace(".", "\.")
+        self.host.name = self.host.name.replace(".", r"\.")
         result = self.client.hosts.get(self.host)
         assert_not_equal(result, None,
                          "list hosts should not be empty: %s" % str(result))
diff --git a/trove/tests/fakes/guestagent.py b/trove/tests/fakes/guestagent.py
index fbfb6e401f..b75397da3b 100644
--- a/trove/tests/fakes/guestagent.py
+++ b/trove/tests/fakes/guestagent.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class FakeGuest(object):
         self.version += 1
 
     def _check_username(self, username):
-        unsupported_chars = re.compile("^\s|\s$|'|\"|;|`|,|/|\\\\")
+        unsupported_chars = re.compile(r"""^\s|\s$|'|"|;|`|,|/|\\""")
         if (not username or
                 unsupported_chars.search(username) or
                 ("%r" % username).find("\\") != -1):
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_operating_system.py b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_operating_system.py
index adb66fa6ac..9079ec343b 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_operating_system.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_operating_system.py
@@ -1146,35 +1146,35 @@ class TestOperatingSystem(trove_testtools.TestCase):
 
             # Only '*.txt' in the top directory.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, False, '.*\.txt$', False, all_paths, 3)
+                root_path, False, r'.*\.txt$', False, all_paths, 3)
 
             # Only '*.txt' (including directories) in the top directory.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, False, '.*\.txt$', True, all_paths, 3)
+                root_path, False, r'.*\.txt$', True, all_paths, 3)
 
             # Only '*.txt' recursive.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, True, '.*\.txt$', True, all_paths, 9)
+                root_path, True, r'.*\.txt$', True, all_paths, 9)
 
             # Only '*.txt' (including directories) recursive.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, True, '.*\.txt$', False, all_paths, 9)
+                root_path, True, r'.*\.txt$', False, all_paths, 9)
 
             # Only extension-less files in the top directory.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, False, '[^\.]*$', False, all_paths, 3)
+                root_path, False, r'[^\.]*$', False, all_paths, 3)
 
             # Only extension-less files recursive.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, True, '[^\.]*$', False, all_paths, 9)
+                root_path, True, r'[^\.]*$', False, all_paths, 9)
 
             # Non-existing extension in the top directory.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, False, '.*\.bak$', False, all_paths, 0)
+                root_path, False, r'.*\.bak$', False, all_paths, 0)
 
             # Non-existing extension recursive.
             self._assert_list_files(
-                root_path, True, '.*\.bak$', False, all_paths, 0)
+                root_path, True, r'.*\.bak$', False, all_paths, 0)
         finally:
             try:
                 os.remove(root_path)
diff --git a/trove/tests/util/mysql.py b/trove/tests/util/mysql.py
index 2d91433796..8d8c5de39b 100644
--- a/trove/tests/util/mysql.py
+++ b/trove/tests/util/mysql.py
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ class SqlAlchemyConnection(object):
     @staticmethod
     def _exception_is_permissions_issue(msg):
         """Assert message cited a permissions issue and not something else."""
-        pos_error = re.compile(".*Host '[\w\.]*' is not allowed to connect to "
-                               "this MySQL server.*")
+        pos_error = re.compile(r".*Host '[\w\.]*' is not allowed to connect "
+                               "to this MySQL server.*")
         pos_error1 = re.compile(".*Access denied for user "
-                                "'[\w\*\!\@\#\^\&]*'@'[\w\.]*'.*")
+                                r"'[\w\*\!\@\#\^\&]*'@'[\w\.]*'.*")
         if (pos_error.match(msg) or pos_error1.match(msg)):
             return True
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class PexpectMySqlConnection(object):
         cmd = '%s %s' % (tests.SSH_CMD, ssh_args)
         self.proc = pexpect.spawn(cmd)
         print(cmd)
-        self.proc.expect(":~\$", timeout=self.TIME_OUT)
+        self.proc.expect(r":~\$", timeout=self.TIME_OUT)
         cmd2 = "mysql --host '%s' -u '%s' '-p%s'\n" % \
                (self.host, self.user, self.password)
         print(cmd2)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class PexpectMySqlConnection(object):
         self.proc.close()
 
     def execute(self, cmd):
-        self.proc.send(cmd + "\G\n")
+        self.proc.send(cmd + "\\G\n")
         outcome = self.proc.expect(['Empty set', 'mysql>'],
                                    timeout=self.TIME_OUT)
         if outcome == 0: