diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5298cd54..6bcb16a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 pycadf>=1.1.0
 python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
 requests>=2.5.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05..782bb21f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)