diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index 4418b9d..ccb64f5 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 
 # (Optional) Enables or disables syslog rfc5424 format for logging. If
 # enabled, prefixes the MSG part of the syslog message with APP-NAME
-# (RFC5424). The format without the APP-NAME is deprecated in I, and
-# will be removed in J. (boolean value)
-#use_syslog_rfc_format = false
+# (RFC5424). The format without the APP-NAME is deprecated in K, and
+# will be removed in L, along with this option. (boolean value)
+#use_syslog_rfc_format = true
 
 # Syslog facility to receive log lines. (string value)
 #syslog_log_facility = LOG_USER
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3a32b69..7fe8858 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+pbr>=0.11,<2.0
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 httplib2>=0.7.5
 jsonschema>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 netaddr>=0.7.12
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 pyOpenSSL>=0.11
-oslo.concurrency>=1.8.0,<1.9.0         # Apache-2.0
-oslo.config>=1.9.3,<1.10.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.i18n>=1.5.0,<1.6.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.log>=1.0.0,<1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.serialization>=1.4.0,<1.5.0               # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.4.0,<1.5.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.concurrency>=1.8.0         # Apache-2.0
+oslo.config>=1.11.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslo.i18n>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslo.log>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 fixtures>=0.3.14
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 76ae521..32f33bc 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # needed for doc build
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
-oslosphinx>=2.5.0,<2.6.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslosphinx>=2.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 mox>=0.5.3
 mock>=1.0
 coverage>=3.6
-oslotest>=1.5.1,<1.6.0  # Apache-2.0
-stevedore>=1.3.0,<1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslotest>=1.5.1  # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0