diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8272774fa9..097edbe827 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ description =
 # because we do not want placement present during unit tests.
 deps =
   {[testenv]deps}
-  openstack-placement>=1.0.0
+  openstack-placement>=9.0.0.0b1
 extras =
 commands =
   stestr --test-path=./nova/tests/functional run {posargs}