diff --git a/test-infra/requirements.txt b/test-infra/requirements.txt
index 95fbf1a3b09294817973810d782b32f6d92bd67d..fe44343da2a93133a706b371be5d29592d02ad77 100644
--- a/test-infra/requirements.txt
+++ b/test-infra/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-boto==2.20.0
+boto==2.25.0
diff --git a/test-infra/s3_cache.py b/test-infra/s3_cache.py
index 472963a1e4a6c9ace6044273c7f728812aa8458b..adc466e0089a74750a6a1e0ad0af34eca65b04d4 100755
--- a/test-infra/s3_cache.py
+++ b/test-infra/s3_cache.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     mode, friendly_name, dependencies_file, directory = argv
 
     conn = S3Connection()
-    bucket = conn.lookup(BUCKET_NAME, validate=False)
+    bucket = conn.lookup(BUCKET_NAME)
     if bucket is None:
         raise SystemExit("Could not access bucket!")