diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0a1bda4c98..db3bb781f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jsonpatch>=1.1
 WSME>=0.8
 Jinja2>=2.6 # BSD License (3 clause)
 keystonemiddleware!=2.4.0,>=2.0.0
-oslo.messaging!=1.17.0,!=1.17.1,!=2.6.0,!=2.6.1,!=2.8.0,>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.messaging!=2.8.0,>2.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.9.0
 jsonschema!=2.5.0,<3.0.0,>=2.0.0