diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
index e3d459d..8c407ec 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # be installed in a specific order.
 #
 # PBR should always appear first
-pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
+pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 # If python-higginsclient will be created, we will use it.
 #python-higginsclient>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
index ddd1771..d74ff58 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)