diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4f4bd5f29e..20c78b20a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # be installed in a specific order.
 #
 # PBR should always appear first
-pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Horizon Core Requirements
 Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
 Django<1.9,>=1.8 # BSD
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 782bb21f06..566d84432e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)