diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7bb10483..17398e37 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<2.0,>=0.11
+pbr<2.0,>=1.3
 Babel>=1.3
 cliff>=1.13.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 056c16c2..d8080d05 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/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index beb04b2c..08dc3e7f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
 coverage>=3.6
 discover
 fixtures>=1.3.1
-oslotest>=1.5.1 # Apache-2.0
+oslotest>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2