diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 301b13470..8dcc1398c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 sphinx>=1.5.0,<1.7.0
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
-stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+stestr>=2.0.0,!=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 tox>=2.9.1 # MIT
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput