diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c98c6bc7b..f353fc79d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 # Hacking already pins down pep8, pyflakes and flake8
-hacking>=0.11.0,<0.12  # Apache-2.0
+hacking<0.12,>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD