diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f68e93ae75..e87358782f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=1.0.10 # MIT
 eventlet!=0.18.3,>=0.18.2 # MIT
 keystonemiddleware>=4.12.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ httplib2>=0.7.5 # MIT
 lxml!=3.7.0,>=2.3 # BSD
 passlib>=1.7.0 # BSD
 python-heatclient>=1.6.1 # Apache-2.0
-python-novaclient!=7.0.0,>=6.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-novaclient>=7.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-cinderclient!=1.7.0,!=1.7.1,>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ jsonschema!=2.5.0,<3.0.0,>=2.0.0 # MIT
 Jinja2!=2.9.0,!=2.9.1,!=2.9.2,!=2.9.3,!=2.9.4,>=2.8 # BSD License (3 clause)
 pexpect!=3.3,>=3.1 # ISC License
 oslo.config!=3.18.0,>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.context>=2.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.context>=2.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.middleware>=3.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyMySQL>=0.7.6 # MIT License
 Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
-stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=5.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 782bb21f06..566d84432e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 36e260d7c3..2fbeb1cf0c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Hacking already pins down pep8, pyflakes and flake8
 hacking<0.13,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
 os-api-ref>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0