diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index a45faa54..af4d44a5 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ansible-lint<=2.3.9
 ansible>=1.9.1,<2.0.0,!=1.9.6
-bashate==0.4.0
-flake8>2.4.1,<2.6.0
+bashate>=0.2 # Apache-2.0
+flake8>=2.5.4,<2.6.0  # MIT
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3  # BSD
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0,!=3.4.0  # Apache-2.0
-reno>=0.1.1 # Apache-2.0
+reno>=1.6.2 # Apache-2.0