diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dd818cec4..aeee87ebe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 # See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pbr/+bug/1384919 for why this is here...
-pbr<2.0.0,>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
 
 # Packages needed for using this library.