diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fedbd77fc..072abf807 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 Paste # MIT
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0 # MIT
-pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
 pecan!=1.0.2,!=1.0.3,!=1.0.4,!=1.2,>=1.0.0 # BSD
 python-designateclient>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-neutronclient>=5.1.0 # Apache-2.0