diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index b31dcd825..2077f0906 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ python-novaclient>=2.6.10
 python-keystoneclient>=0.2.3
 python-swiftclient
 lxml
-requests<1.0
+requests>=1.1
+extras
 wsme>=0.5b1
 pyyaml
 oslo.config>=1.1.0