diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 87d25096..2f2d1093 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
-pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT
 flake8<2.6.0,>=2.5.4 # MIT
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 782bb21f..566d8443 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)