diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b9c5f0f6..1a98a43e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # 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>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.1 # BSD
-requests!=2.12.2,>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+requests!=2.12.2,!=2.13.0,>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 simplejson>=2.2.0 # MIT
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
-Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
+oslo.utils>=3.20.0 # Apache-2.0
+Babel!=2.4.0,>=2.3.4 # BSD
 keystoneauth1>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 python-swiftclient>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 782bb21f..566d8443 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b05f4f05..d3199221 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # 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.
-hacking>=0.12.0,!=0.13.0,<0.14  # Apache-2.0
+hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-openstackclient>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests-mock>=1.1 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT