diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 180c3a4261..d7a67721dc 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Parsley
 passlib
 Paste
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
-pbr>=0.11,<2.0
+pbr>=1.3,<2.0
 pecan>=0.8.0
 pexpect>=3.1,!=3.3 # ISC License
 Pillow>=2.4.0 # MIT
diff --git a/openstack_requirements/cmds/update.py b/openstack_requirements/cmds/update.py
index 503e78edad..77a056a62a 100644
--- a/openstack_requirements/cmds/update.py
+++ b/openstack_requirements/cmds/update.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
     pbr=True)
 """
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 056c16c2b8..d8080d05c8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index d69604da67..5a5c2a0ef5 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ packaging===15.2
 paramiko===1.15.2
 passlib===1.6.2
 pathlib===1.0.1;python_version=='2.7'
-pbr===1.2.0
+pbr===1.3.0
 pecan===0.9.0
 pexpect===3.2
 ply===3.6