diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 swh.core[db,http] >= 0.0.60
 swh.model >= 0.0.40
-swh.storage >= 0.0.156
+swh.storage >= 0.0.172
diff --git a/swh/journal/tests/test_write_replay.py b/swh/journal/tests/test_write_replay.py
--- a/swh/journal/tests/test_write_replay.py
+++ b/swh/journal/tests/test_write_replay.py
@@ -139,9 +139,13 @@
     replayer.max_messages = queue_size
 
     storage2 = get_storage(**storage_config)
+
+    objstorage1 = storage1.objstorage.objstorage
+    objstorage2 = storage2.objstorage.objstorage
+
     worker_fn = functools.partial(process_replay_objects_content,
-                                  src=storage1.objstorage,
-                                  dst=storage2.objstorage)
+                                  src=objstorage1,
+                                  dst=objstorage2)
     nb_messages = 0
     while nb_messages < queue_size:
         nb_messages += replayer.process(worker_fn)
@@ -151,4 +155,4 @@
         c['sha1']: c['data'] for c in contents if c['status'] == 'visible'
     }
 
-    assert expected_objstorage_state == storage2.objstorage.state
+    assert expected_objstorage_state == objstorage2.state