diff --git a/cinder/common/config.py b/cinder/common/config.py
index a682dac5fd3..370253878a2 100644
--- a/cinder/common/config.py
+++ b/cinder/common/config.py
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ from oslo_middleware import cors
 from oslo_policy import opts as policy_opts
 from oslo_utils import netutils
 
-from cinder.policy import DEFAULT_POLICY_FILENAME
-
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 logging.register_options(CONF)
@@ -257,6 +255,6 @@ def set_external_library_defaults():
     # setup.cfg.
 
     set_middleware_defaults()
-    policy_opts.set_defaults(CONF, policy_file=DEFAULT_POLICY_FILENAME,
+    policy_opts.set_defaults(CONF,
                              enforce_scope=False,
                              enforce_new_defaults=False)
diff --git a/cinder/policy.py b/cinder/policy.py
index 503e1be4231..54df7d40939 100644
--- a/cinder/policy.py
+++ b/cinder/policy.py
@@ -33,14 +33,11 @@ from cinder import policies
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # TODO(gmann): Remove overriding the default value of config options:
-# - 'policy_file' once oslo_policy change their default value to what is
-# overridden here.
 # - 'enforce_scope', and 'enforce_new_defaults' once cinder is ready with the
 # new RBAC (oslo_policy enable them by default)
 DEFAULT_POLICY_FILENAME = 'policy.yaml'
 policy_opts.set_defaults(
     cfg.CONF,
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILENAME,
     enforce_scope=False,
     enforce_new_defaults=False)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 55beb060aaa..c7aee22ec9d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ oslo.db>=11.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=4.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=4.1.1 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.policy>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=4.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.privsep>=2.6.2 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=6.2.0 # Apache-2.0