diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a98a43e..f6a7d2f3 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>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.1 # BSD
 requests!=2.12.2,!=2.13.0,>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 simplejson>=2.2.0 # MIT