diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c2847b5c0..c921321b3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+pbr>=1.3
 
 gear
 PyYAML
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61a370e83..4e7501ef5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 7bdd815a6..13e4809ff 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Nodepool uses hacking for its dependencies
-hacking>=0.8,<0.9
+hacking>=0.10.2,<0.11
 coverage
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput