diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f11016d033..1d724f37d6 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 # Hacking already pins down pep8, pyflakes and flake8
-hacking>=0.9.4,<0.10
+hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
 coverage>=3.6
 discover
 mock>=1.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1324fb75c2..54fcc655aa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ commands =
 [flake8]
 # H404 multi line docstring should start with a summary
 # H405 multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
-# H803 no full stop at the end of the commit message
-ignore = H404,H405,H803
+ignore = H404,H405
 show-source = true
 exclude=.*,dist,*openstack/common*,*lib/python*,*egg,tools,build
 max-complexity=20