diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6414c2b4..05e50c6f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
-hacking<0.11,>=0.10.2
+hacking>=1.1.0,<1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/vif_plug_ovs/ovsdb/impl_vsctl.py b/vif_plug_ovs/ovsdb/impl_vsctl.py
index 9396e6fc..062b255e 100644
--- a/vif_plug_ovs/ovsdb/impl_vsctl.py
+++ b/vif_plug_ovs/ovsdb/impl_vsctl.py
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ def _set_colval_args(*col_values):
         if isinstance(val, collections.Mapping):
             args += ["%s:%s%s%s" % (
                 col, k, op, _py_to_val(v)) for k, v in val.items()]
-        elif (isinstance(val, collections.Sequence)
-                and not isinstance(val, six.string_types)):
+        elif (isinstance(val, collections.Sequence) and
+                not isinstance(val, six.string_types)):
             if len(val) == 0:
                 args.append("%s%s%s" % (col, op, "[]"))
             else: