diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 47b745a2a8..c56c3fbf0c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ commands =
     {toxinidir}/openstackclient/tests/functional/run_stestr.sh {posargs}
 
 [testenv:venv]
+deps =
+  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt}
+  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+  -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]