diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 798be25..dbc74c4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+       -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/pike}
 commands = bash -c 'if [ ! -d ./.testrepository ] ; then testr init ; fi'
            testr run {posargs}