diff --git a/barbican/common/config.py b/barbican/common/config.py
index 30c6a2b35..a07c8f56e 100644
--- a/barbican/common/config.py
+++ b/barbican/common/config.py
@@ -287,15 +287,12 @@ def set_lib_defaults():
 
     set_middleware_defaults()
 
-    # TODO(gmann): Remove setting the default value of config policy_file
-    # once oslo_policy change the default value to 'policy.yaml'.
-    # https://github.com/openstack/oslo.policy/blob/a626ad12fe5a3abd49d70e3e5b95589d279ab578/oslo_policy/opts.py#L49
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE = 'policy.yaml'
+    # TODO(gmann): Remove setting the default value of the RBAC
+    # config options once barbican is ready for new RBAC.
     policy_opts.set_defaults(
         CONF,
-        DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE,
-        enforce_scope=True,
-        enforce_new_defaults=True)
+        enforce_scope=False,
+        enforce_new_defaults=False)
 
 
 def set_middleware_defaults():
diff --git a/barbican/common/policy.py b/barbican/common/policy.py
index c95435338..1c24c0527 100644
--- a/barbican/common/policy.py
+++ b/barbican/common/policy.py
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@ ENFORCER = None
 
 
 # TODO(gmann): Remove setting the default value of config:
-# - policy_file once oslo_policy change the default value to 'policy.yaml'.
-# https://github.com/openstack/oslo.policy/blob/a626ad12fe5a3abd49d70e3e5b95589d279ab578/oslo_policy/opts.py#L49
 # - 'enforce_scope', and 'enforce_new_defaults' once barbican is ready with the
 # new RBAC (oslo_policy enable them by default)
-DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE = 'policy.yaml'
 opts.set_defaults(
     CONF,
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE,
     enforce_scope=False,
     enforce_new_defaults=False)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 047b6c788..56418e009 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=3.31.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=4.3.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.policy>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=4.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service!=1.28.1,>=1.24.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.upgradecheck>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0