diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 5cbb0e7e9f7..af980d26f6f 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 SQLAlchemy>=0.7.3,<=0.7.9
-amqplib==0.6.1
+amqplib>=0.6.1
 anyjson>=0.2.4
 eventlet>=0.9.17
-kombu==1.0.4
-lockfile==0.8
+kombu>=1.0.4
+lockfile>=0.8
 lxml>=2.3
-routes==1.12.3
+routes>=1.12.3
 WebOb==1.2.3
-wsgiref==0.1.2
+wsgiref>=0.1.2
 greenlet>=0.3.1
-PasteDeploy==1.5.0
+PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
 paste
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.7.2
 stevedore>=0.8.0
-suds==0.4
+suds>=0.4
 paramiko
 Babel>=0.9.6
 iso8601>=0.1.4
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index 5cac87c7420..02f256f11ee 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 distribute>=0.6.28
 
 coverage
-mox==0.5.3
+mox>=0.5.3
 nose
 nosexcover
 openstack.nose_plugin