diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f81903b..81e93e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PyYAML
 nose >=1.0.0
-boto ==2.4.1
+boto >=2.6.0
 bunch >=1.0.0
 # 0.14 switches to libev, that means bootstrap needs to change too
 gevent ==0.13.6
diff --git a/s3tests/functional/test_s3.py b/s3tests/functional/test_s3.py
index 7a8cd60..8c2c780 100644
--- a/s3tests/functional/test_s3.py
+++ b/s3tests/functional/test_s3.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import AnonymousAuth
 from email.header import decode_header
 from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 
+from boto.s3.cors import CORSConfiguration
 
 from . import (
     nuke_prefixed_buckets,
@@ -4247,6 +4248,21 @@ def test_stress_bucket_acls_changes():
     for i in xrange(10):
         _test_bucket_acls_changes_persistent(bucket);
 
+@attr(resource='bucket')
+@attr(method='put')
+@attr(operation='set cors')
+@attr(assertion='succeeds')
+def test_set_cors():
+    bucket = get_new_bucket()
+    cfg = CORSConfiguration()
+    cfg.add_rule('GET', '*')
+
+    e = assert_raises(boto.exception.S3ResponseError, bucket.get_cors)
+    eq(e.status, 404)
+
+    bucket.set_cors(cfg)
+    new_cfg = bucket.get_cors()
+
 class FakeFile(object):
     """
     file that simulates seek, tell, and current character