diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 3b0880237..392c74122 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 alabaster==0.7.10
-amqp==2.1.1
+amqp==2.3.0
 appdirs==1.3.0
 Babel==2.3.4
 bandit==1.1.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 254f9427d..ef8ecab46 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PyYAML>=3.12 # MIT
 
 # rabbit driver is the default
 # we set the amqp version to ensure heartbeat works
-amqp!=2.1.4,>=2.1.1 # BSD
+amqp>=2.3.0 # BSD
 kombu!=4.0.2,>=4.0.0 # BSD
 
 # used by zmq driver