diff --git a/gnocchi/rest/auth_helper.py b/gnocchi/rest/auth_helper.py
index d11fadf1b..d5df68939 100644
--- a/gnocchi/rest/auth_helper.py
+++ b/gnocchi/rest/auth_helper.py
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ def get_current_user(request):
         hdr = request.headers.get("Authorization")
         auth_hdr = (hdr.decode('utf-8') if isinstance(hdr, bytes)
                     else hdr)
-        auth = werkzeug.http.parse_authorization_header(auth_hdr)
+
+        try:
+            auth = werkzeug.http.parse_authorization_header(auth_hdr)
+        except AttributeError:
+            auth = werkzeug.datastructures.Authorization.from_header(auth_hdr)
+
         if auth is None:
             api.abort(401)
         return auth.username
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 41ed981f2..82cdfaf41 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ install_requires =
     stevedore
     ujson
     voluptuous>=0.8.10
-    werkzeug<3.0.0
+    werkzeug
     trollius; python_version < '3.4'
     tenacity>=5.0.0
     WebOb>=1.4.1