diff --git a/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_hosts.py b/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_hosts.py
index e7999159d..65fa494d0 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_hosts.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_hosts.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import itertools
 import random
+import six
 
 import oslo_messaging as messaging
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class KombuHosts(object):
         self._hosts_cycle = itertools.cycle(self._hosts)
 
     def get_host(self):
-        return self._hosts_cycle.next()
+        return six.next(self._hosts_cycle)
 
     def get_hosts(self):
         return self._hosts
diff --git a/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_listener.py b/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_listener.py
index 11cf90013..54908992a 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_listener.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/rpc_backend/kombu/kombu_listener.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import itertools
 from kombu.mixins import ConsumerMixin
-from six import moves
+import six
 import threading
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class KombuRPCListener(ConsumerMixin):
         self._max_sleep_time = 512
 
     def add_listener(self, correlation_id):
-        self._results[correlation_id] = moves.queue.Queue()
+        self._results[correlation_id] = six.moves.queue.Queue()
 
     def remove_listener(self, correlation_id):
         if correlation_id in self._results:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class KombuRPCListener(ConsumerMixin):
         return self._results[correlation_id].get(block=True, timeout=timeout)
 
     def on_connection_error(self, exc, interval):
-        self.connection = self._connections.next()
+        self.connection = six.next(self._connections)
 
         LOG.debug("Broker connection failed: %s" % exc)
         LOG.debug("Sleeping for %s seconds, then retrying connection" %