diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0cf1996bab7..e2bd74967a9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ six>=1.7.0
 stevedore>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.messaging>=1.4.0
+oslo.messaging>=1.4.0,!=1.5.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=1.3.0
 
 python-novaclient>=2.18.0