diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 960c35da..805aacea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 Babel>=1.3
 argparse
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05..782bb21f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b7279bb4..6f5f357c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ testtools>=1.4.0
 testscenarios>=0.4
 fixtures>=1.3.1
 requests-mock>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
-tempest-lib>=0.6.1
+tempest-lib>=0.8.0