diff --git a/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.10.3.ebuild b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.10.3.ebuild
index 9b3d093c88c6c..6cae6f552ad0e 100644
--- a/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.10.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.10.3.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DEPEND="
 		>=dev-python/testrepository-0.0.18[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/testscenarios-0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/testtools-0.9.36[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		<dev-python/testtools-1.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		!~dev-python/testtools-1.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		${RDEPEND}
 	)
 	doc? (
diff --git a/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.13.0.ebuild b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.13.0.ebuild
index a53ebcb6bb1c2..9e30c64b836a0 100644
--- a/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.13.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-0.13.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ DEPEND="
 		>=dev-python/subunit-0.0.18[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/testrepository-0.0.18[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/testscenarios-0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/testtools-0.9.36[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		<dev-python/testtools-1.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/testtools-1.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		${RDEPEND}
 	)
 	doc? (