diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index bd6a53aebd..c4d80aeb40 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.1 # BSD
 PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT
 python-barbicanclient>=4.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-ceilometerclient>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-python-heatclient!=1.6.0,>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-heatclient>=1.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 python-neutronclient>=5.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-openstackclient>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0