diff --git a/os_testr/tests/test_return_codes.py b/os_testr/tests/test_return_codes.py
index 591e4dd..082a74a 100644
--- a/os_testr/tests/test_return_codes.py
+++ b/os_testr/tests/test_return_codes.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 import os
 import shutil
-import StringIO
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 
 import testtools
 
 from os_testr.tests import base
+from six import StringIO
 
 DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class TestReturnCodes(base.TestCase):
         shutil.copy('os_testr/tests/files/setup.cfg', self.setup_cfg_file)
         shutil.copy('os_testr/tests/files/__init__.py', self.init_file)
 
-        self.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()
-        self.stderr = StringIO.StringIO()
+        self.stdout = StringIO()
+        self.stderr = StringIO()
         # Change directory, run wrapper and check result
         self.addCleanup(os.chdir, os.path.abspath(os.curdir))
         os.chdir(self.directory)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d0ca195..608d49e 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 testscenarios>=0.4
 ddt>=0.4.0
+six>=1.9.0