diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e8def33bf..b7d9c0ba8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
+pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 
 gear
 PyYAML
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f429ba9c1..61a370e83 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0'],
     pbr=True)