diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 9a3dddcd2f..69fa8c9fb0 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ paramiko>=1.8.0
 passlib
 paste
 pastedeploy>=1.5.0
-pbr>=0.5.13,<0.6
+pbr>=0.5.16,<0.6
 pecan>=0.2.0
 prettytable>=0.6,<0.8
 psutil<1.0