diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0264ee2..5d7e358 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 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.
-kombu<4.0.0,>=3.0.25 # BSD
+kombu>=3.0.25 # BSD
 
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 51dd9ef..2aa92f1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 nose # LGPL
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 mox>=0.5.3 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain # BSD
 
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD