diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b1a992e1f..b7ca3b9e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
 
 futurist!=0.15.0,>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 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.log>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT
 # rabbit driver is the default
 # we set the amqp version to ensure heartbeat works
 # FIXME(gordc): bump to amqp2 and kombu4 once requirements updated
-amqp>=1.4.0  # LGPL
+amqp>=1.4.0 # LGPL
 kombu>=3.0.25 # BSD
 pika>=0.10.0 # BSD
 pika-pool>=0.1.3 # BSD
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index dead8de3b..9a38013ba 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
 
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
-mox3>=0.7.0 # Apache-2.0
+mox3!=0.19.0,>=0.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ kafka-python>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0