diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b1c7f956efe..1e5246bf57f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hacking>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 flake8-import-order # LGPLv3
 flake8-logging-format>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 
-stestr>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
+stestr!=2.3.0,>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 ddt>=1.2.1 # MIT
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD