diff --git a/requirements-travis.txt b/requirements-travis.txt
index 50d9c9747ed94405428400f0263e0f0a03c30e8f..d9e4d75328f1c4f30e0b959e59c2c7f6199ef25b 100644
--- a/requirements-travis.txt
+++ b/requirements-travis.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mock==1.2.0; python_version <= '2.7'
 aexpect==1.0.0
 psutil==3.1.1
 # six is a stevedore depedency, but we also use it directly
-six==1.9.0
+six==1.10.0
 # stevedore for loading "new style" plugins
 stevedore==1.20.0
 lxml>=3.4.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d4869ebee78305aeedf9262fc2f42174fbfa7ce4..11445c83c59483a530524490243cab111d2214ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ pyliblzma>=0.5.3
 # REST client (avocado.core.restclient)
 requests>=1.2.3
 # six is a stevedore depedency, but we also use it directly
-six>=1.9.0
+six>=1.10.0
 # stevedore for loading "new style" plugins
 stevedore>=0.14