diff --git a/lint-requirements.txt b/lint-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d0d656b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ansible>=4,<6 # GPLv3
+ansible-lint>=4.2.0,!=4.3.0,<6.0.0 # MIT
+bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+bashate>=0.5.1 # Apache-2.0
+doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
+hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+reno>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+yamllint>=1.22.0 #GPL3
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 4176d01605..76b4eba12a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-# linting
-ansible-lint>=4.2.0,!=4.3.0,<6.0.0 # MIT
-bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-bashate>=0.5.1 # Apache-2.0
-doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
-hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-yamllint>=1.22.0 #GPL3
-
 # coverage testing
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9bf07e99c0..1f85daf106 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ setenv =
   ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS = {toxinidir}/ansible/filter_plugins
 deps =
   -c{env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
-  -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-  -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
+  -r{toxinidir}/lint-requirements.txt
 allowlist_externals = bash
                       find
 commands =