diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 61d46fdf..8a1a000a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ python-troveclient>=1.2.0
 python-zaqarclient>=0.3.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
-requests!=2.8.0,>=2.5.2
+requests>=2.8.1
 SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.9
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2
 six>=1.9.0