diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 688b8caa..09b8dc05 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
 
-Babel!=2.3.0,!=2.3.1,!=2.3.2,!=2.3.3,>=1.3 # BSD
+Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 keystoneauth1>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-stevedore>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests!=2.9.0,>=2.8.1 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0