diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d44e72a2..23c0126f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/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.
 argparse
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 Babel>=1.3
 oslo.config>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
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)