diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4095c8454..dcbdaf9f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-oslo.config>=1.2.0
+oslo.config>=1.2.1
 stevedore>=0.14
 
 # for timeutils
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 
 # for jsonutils
-six>=1.6.0
+six>=1.7.0
 
 # FIXME(markmc): remove this when the drivers no longer
 # import eventlet
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b7f935fdd..37f3db1f2 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ qpid-python
 coverage>=3.6
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx>=1.2.1,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
 oslosphinx