diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 057d9839f2..78676beeea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT):
 	printf "$(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TEMP_COMMENT)" | cat - $(@) > temp && mv temp $(@)
 
 compile-requirements: export CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND=make upgrade
-compile-requirements: pre-requirements $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT) ## Re-compile *.in requirements to *.txt
+compile-requirements: pre-requirements ## Re-compile *.in requirements to *.txt
 	@# Bootstrapping: Rebuild pip and pip-tools first, and then install them
 	@# so that if there are any failures we'll know now, rather than the next
 	@# time someone tries to use the outputs.
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ compile-requirements: pre-requirements $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT) ## Re-compile *
 		export REBUILD=''; \
 	done
 
-upgrade:  ## update the pip requirements files to use the latest releases satisfying our constraints
+upgrade:  $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT) ## update the pip requirements files to use the latest releases satisfying our constraints
 	$(MAKE) compile-requirements COMPILE_OPTS="--upgrade"
 
 upgrade-package: ## update just one package to the latest usable release