diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5dbe678f5..98f6f4930 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = True
-install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
+install_command = pip install -U -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt} {opts} {packages}
 setenv =
    VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,21 @@ commands = python setup.py test --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 commands = flake8
 
 [testenv:venv]
+# NOTE(amrith) The setting of the install_command in this location
+# is only required because currently infra does not actually
+# support constraints files for the docs job, and while
+# the environment variable UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE is set, there's
+# no file there. It can be removed when infra changes this.
+install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]
+# NOTE(amrith) The setting of the install_command in this location
+# is only required because currently infra does not actually
+# support constraints files for the cover job, and while
+# the environment variable UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE is set, there's
+# no file there. It can be removed when infra changes this.
+install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 commands = python setup.py test --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:docs]
@@ -28,6 +40,12 @@ commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 commands = oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
+# NOTE(amrith) The setting of the install_command in this location
+# is only required because currently infra does not actually
+# support constraints files for the releasenotes job, and while
+# the environment variable UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE is set, there's
+# no file there. It can be removed when infra changes this.
+install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 commands = sphinx-build -a -E -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
 
 [flake8]