diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 071c7ea6582d64e291bce733fdb4160abfcecf04..c30a9678f8c6a08492789df0811a95f369ae0eb0 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ oslotest==3.5.0
 stestr==2.0.0
 oslo.serialization==2.21.1
 oslo.utils==4.5.0
+oslo.policy==2.0.0
diff --git a/oslo_upgradecheck/common_checks.py b/oslo_upgradecheck/common_checks.py
index 1881980e77194f6055a4bee5c65051f9d88e5359..6085070fe2016028ec08df806b93d11ba36d0d08 100644
--- a/oslo_upgradecheck/common_checks.py
+++ b/oslo_upgradecheck/common_checks.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from oslo_policy import opts as policy_opts
 from oslo_utils import fileutils
 
 from oslo_upgradecheck import upgradecheck
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ Common checks which can be used by multiple services.
 
 def check_policy_json(self, conf):
     "Checks to see if policy file is JSON-formatted policy file."
+
+    # NOTE(gmann): This method need [oslo_policy].policy_file
+    # config value so register those options in case they
+    # are not register by services.
+    conf.register_opts(policy_opts._options,
+                       group=policy_opts._option_group)
+
     msg = ("Your policy file is JSON-formatted which is "
            "deprecated. You need to switch to YAML-formatted file. "
            "Use the ``oslopolicy-convert-json-to-yaml`` "
diff --git a/oslo_upgradecheck/tests/test_common_checks.py b/oslo_upgradecheck/tests/test_common_checks.py
index c5c54a2719133a68c8831a3f5b10ec068378f042..da9ec24b0737a9a2b637bce08e1e16fbd8555dc3 100644
--- a/oslo_upgradecheck/tests/test_common_checks.py
+++ b/oslo_upgradecheck/tests/test_common_checks.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import yaml
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_config import fixture as config
+from oslo_policy import opts as policy_opts
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 from oslotest import base
 
@@ -31,10 +32,8 @@ class TestUpgradeCheckPolicyJSON(base.BaseTestCase):
         conf_fixture = self.useFixture(config.Config())
         conf_fixture.load_raw_values()
         self.conf = conf_fixture.conf
-        policy_file_opt = cfg.StrOpt('policy_file',
-                                     default='policy.json',
-                                     help='policy file')
-        self.conf.register_opt(policy_file_opt, group="oslo_policy")
+        self.conf.register_opts(policy_opts._options,
+                                group=policy_opts._option_group)
 
         self.cmd = upgradecheck.UpgradeCommands()
         self.cmd._upgrade_checks = (('Policy File JSON to YAML Migration',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b136972d9ef35a9fe553d8864682dc9431dfe5b..2f5f0247a8751b620173bb5bc7f398b10d3342a3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.1 # BSD
 oslo.utils>=4.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0