diff --git a/test-playbooks/base-roles/fetch-subunit-output.yaml b/test-playbooks/base-roles/fetch-subunit-output.yaml
index 6ab3e4c00..162ac9bc7 100644
--- a/test-playbooks/base-roles/fetch-subunit-output.yaml
+++ b/test-playbooks/base-roles/fetch-subunit-output.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     - name: Install stestr and subunit-output
       pip:
         name:
-          - stestr>=2.0.0,<2.6.0
-          - python-subunit<=1.4.2
+          - stestr
+          - python-subunit
         virtualenv: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}/.tox/utests/"
         virtualenv_command: '{{ ensure_pip_virtualenv_command }}'