diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5603674ca..4c44c4071 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ amqp>=1.4.0
 kombu>=3.0.7
 
 # middleware
-oslo.middleware!=2.6.0,>=2.4.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.middleware>=2.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 
 # needed by the aioeventlet executor
 aioeventlet>=0.4