diff --git a/libra/mgm/mgm.py b/libra/mgm/mgm.py
index 0a9c234a..b86513d0 100644
--- a/libra/mgm/mgm.py
+++ b/libra/mgm/mgm.py
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ class Server(object):
             )
             return
 
-        if resp['status'] not in('200', '203'):
+        if resp.status_code not in('200', '203'):
             self.logger.error(
                 'Error geting status from Nova, error {0}'
-                .format(resp['status'])
+                .format(resp.status_code)
             )
             return
         status = status['server']
diff --git a/libra/mgm/nova.py b/libra/mgm/nova.py
index 0ba90510..aa5d2b82 100644
--- a/libra/mgm/nova.py
+++ b/libra/mgm/nova.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ class Node(object):
                 nid=node_id, exc=sys.exc_info()[0]
             )
 
-        if resp['status'] != '204':
+        if resp.status_code != 204:
             return False, 'Error deleting node {nid} status {stat}'.format(
-                node=node_id, stat=resp['status']
+                nid=node_id, stat=resp.status_code
             )
 
         return True, ''
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ class Node(object):
         args = {'name': node_name}
         url = "/servers?{0}".format(urllib.urlencode(args))
         resp, body = self.nova.get(url)
-        if resp['status'] not in ['200', '203']:
+        if resp.status_code not in [200, 203]:
             msg = "Error {0} searching for node with name {1}".format(
-                resp['status'], node_name
+                resp.status_code, node_name
             )
             raise NotFound(msg)
         if len(body['servers']) != 1:
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ class Node(object):
         args = {'name': image_name}
         url = "/images?{0}".format(urllib.urlencode(args))
         resp, body = self.nova.get(url)
-        if resp['status'] not in ['200', '203']:
+        if resp.status_code not in [200, 203]:
             msg = "Error {0} searching for image with name {1}".format(
-                resp['status'], image_name
+                resp.status_code, image_name
             )
             raise NotFound(msg)
         if len(body['images']) != 1:
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ class Node(object):
         """ tries to find a flavor from the name """
         url = "/flavors"
         resp, body = self.nova.get(url)
-        if resp['status'] not in ['200', '203']:
+        if resp.status_code not in [200, 203]:
             msg = "Error {0} searching for flavor with name {1}".format(
-                resp['status'], flavor_name
+                resp.status_code, flavor_name
             )
             raise NotFound(msg)
         for flavor in body['flavors']:
diff --git a/tests/test_lbaas_mgm.py b/tests/test_lbaas_mgm.py
index 35dcd826..363831dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_lbaas_mgm.py
+++ b/tests/test_lbaas_mgm.py
@@ -1,19 +1,46 @@
 import testtools
 import logging
 import mock
-import httplib2
+import requests
 import json
 
 import mock_objects
 from libra.mgm.nova import Node, BuildError
 
-fake_response = httplib2.Response({"status": '200'})
-fake_bad_response = httplib2.Response({"status": '500'})
-fake_del_response = httplib2.Response({"status": '204'})
 fake_body = json.dumps({u'server': {u'status': u'ACTIVE', u'updated': u'2012-10-10T11:55:55Z', u'hostId': u'', u'user_id': u'18290556240782', u'name': u'lbass_0', u'links': [{u'href': u'https://az-1.region-a.geo-1.compute.hpcloudsvc.com/v1.1/58012755801586/servers/417773', u'rel': u'self'}, {u'href': u'https://az-1.region-a.geo-1.compute.hpcloudsvc.com/58012755801586/servers/417773', u'rel': u'bookmark'}], u'created': u'2012-10-10T11:55:55Z', u'tenant_id': u'58012755801586', u'image': {u'id': u'8419', u'links': [{u'href': u'https://az-1.region-a.geo-1.compute.hpcloudsvc.com/58012755801586/images/8419', u'rel': u'bookmark'}]}, u'adminPass': u'u2LKPA73msRTxDMC', u'uuid': u'14984389-8cc5-4780-be64-2d31ace662ad', u'accessIPv4': u'', u'metadata': {}, u'accessIPv6': u'', u'key_name': u'default', u'flavor': {u'id': u'100', u'links': [{u'href': u'https://az-1.region-a.geo-1.compute.hpcloudsvc.com/58012755801586/flavors/100', u'rel': u'bookmark'}]}, u'config_drive': u'', u'id': 417773, u'security_groups': [{u'name': u'default', u'links': [{u'href': u'https://az-1.region-a.geo-1.compute.hpcloudsvc.com/v1.1/58012755801586/os-security-groups/4008', u'rel': u'bookmark'}], u'id': 4008}], u'addresses': {}}})
-mock_request = mock.Mock(return_value=(fake_response, fake_body))
-mock_bad_request = mock.Mock(return_value=(fake_bad_response, ""))
-mock_del_request = mock.Mock(return_value=(fake_del_response, ""))
+
+
+class TestResponse(requests.Response):
+    """
+    Class used to wrap requests.Response and provide some
+    convenience to initialize with a dict
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        self._text = None
+        super(TestResponse, self)
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            self.status_code = data.get('status', None)
+            self.headers = data.get('headers', None)
+            # Fake the text attribute to streamline Response creation
+            self._text = data.get('text', None)
+        else:
+            self.status_code = data
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        return self._text
+
+
+fake_response = TestResponse({"status": 200, "text": fake_body})
+fake_bad_response = TestResponse({"status": 500, "text": ""})
+fake_del_response = TestResponse({"status": 204, "text": ""})
+mock_request = mock.Mock(return_value=(fake_response))
+mock_bad_request = mock.Mock(return_value=(fake_bad_response))
+mock_del_request = mock.Mock(return_value=(fake_del_response))
 
 
 class TestLBaaSMgmTask(testtools.TestCase):
@@ -36,24 +63,24 @@ class TestLBaaSMgmNova(testtools.TestCase):
         self.api.nova.auth_token = "token"
 
     def testCreateNode(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(httplib2.Http, "request", mock_request):
+        with mock.patch.object(requests, "request", mock_request):
             with mock.patch('time.time', mock.Mock(return_value=1234)):
                 data = self.api.build()
                 self.assertEqual(data['id'], 417773)
 
     def testCreateNodeFail(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(httplib2.Http, "request", mock_bad_request):
+        with mock.patch.object(requests, "request", mock_bad_request):
             with mock.patch('time.time', mock.Mock(return_value=1234)):
                 self.assertRaises(BuildError, self.api.build)
 
     def testDeleteNodeFail(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(httplib2.Http, "request", mock_bad_request):
+        with mock.patch.object(requests, "request", mock_bad_request):
             with mock.patch('time.time', mock.Mock(return_value=1234)):
                 resp, data = self.api.delete('1234')
                 self.assertFalse(resp)
 
     def testDeleteNodeSucceed(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(httplib2.Http, "request", mock_del_request):
+        with mock.patch.object(requests, "request", mock_del_request):
             with mock.patch('time.time', mock.Mock(return_value=1234)):
                 resp, data = self.api.delete('1234')
                 self.assertTrue(resp)
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 1d34a7c6..14c4f5c7 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ eventlet
 gearman
 python-daemon
 requests>=1.0.0
-python_novaclient
+python_novaclient>=2.11.1
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index 9884b409..a45079ce 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 fixtures>=0.3.12
 pep8
 mock
-httplib2
 pyflakes>=0.6.1
 python-subunit
 sphinx>=1.1.2