diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05c82728e1f..8f8a77874f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging!=2.8.0,>2.6.1 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.middleware>=2.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=0.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ python-barbicanclient>=3.3.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.18.0
 python-novaclient!=2.33.0,>=2.29.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
-requests!=2.8.0,>=2.5.2
+requests>=2.8.1
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 Routes!=2.0,!=2.1,>=1.12.3;python_version=='2.7'
 Routes!=2.0,>=1.12.3;python_version!='2.7'