diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d306f100f..04f23d7bb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@ pbr>=2.0 # Apache-2.0
 ansible>=2.4.0,<2.7.0 # GPLv3
 cliff>=2.5.0,<2.15.0 # Apache
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD
-# paramiko 2.5.0 makes the kayobe-tox-molecule job fail.
-paramiko<2.5.0
 PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT
 setuptools!=24.0.0,!=34.0.0,!=34.0.1,!=34.0.2,!=34.0.3,!=34.1.0,!=34.1.1,!=34.2.0,!=34.3.0,!=34.3.1,>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3e7dc83b0..e2ab4bab5 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ docker<3 # Apache-2.0
 hacking>=0.12.0,<0.13 # Apache-2.0
 molecule<3 # MIT
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+# paramiko 2.5.0 makes the kayobe-tox-molecule job fail.
+paramiko<2.5.0
 # NOTE(mgoddard): This is required by tools/sphinx8.
 sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2,<2.0.0;python_version=='2.7'  # BSD
 sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2;python_version>='3.4'  # BSD