diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8c87100a..617fa206 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ python-daemon<2.0 # BUg https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2000107
 irc!=11.1
 pyyaml
 lockfile
-pbr>=0.8.1,<1.0
+pbr>=1.6
 Babel>=0.9.6
 launchpadlib
 Jinja2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a0786a8..20179d27 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)