diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b4c6ef83f..82761e1f02 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ oslo.reports>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=0.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
-pbr<2.0,>=1.6
+pbr>=1.6
 pecan>=1.0.0
 oslo.messaging!=1.17.0,!=1.17.1,>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 pysnmp<5.0.0,>=4.2.1
-python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.13
+python-ceilometerclient>=1.5.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.18.0
 python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
 python-neutronclient>=2.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8080d05c8..782bb21f06 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.3'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)