diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
index 012f6f7e06..4597e46556 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
@@ -195,23 +195,23 @@ AZURE_PKG_VERSIONS = {
     },
     'ComputeManagementClient': {
         'package_name': 'compute',
-        'expected_version': '2.0.0'
+        'expected_version': '2.1.0'
     },
     'ContainerInstanceManagementClient': {
         'package_name': 'containerinstance',
-        'expected_version': '0.3.1'
+        'expected_version': '0.4.0'
     },
     'NetworkManagementClient': {
         'package_name': 'network',
-        'expected_version': '1.3.0'
+        'expected_version': '1.7.1'
     },
     'ResourceManagementClient': {
         'package_name': 'resource',
-        'expected_version': '1.1.0'
+        'expected_version': '1.2.2'
     },
     'DnsManagementClient': {
         'package_name': 'dns',
-        'expected_version': '1.0.1'
+        'expected_version': '1.2.0'
     },
     'WebSiteManagementClient': {
         'package_name': 'web',
@@ -408,8 +408,11 @@ class AzureRMModuleBase(object):
                 return
             expected_version = package_version.get('expected_version')
             if Version(client_version) < Version(expected_version):
-                self.fail("Installed azure-mgmt-{0} client version is {1}. The supported version is {2}. Try "
+                self.fail("Installed azure-mgmt-{0} client version is {1}. The minimum supported version is {2}. Try "
                           "`pip install ansible[azure]`".format(client_name, client_version, expected_version))
+            if Version(client_version) != Version(expected_version):
+                self.module.warn("Installed azure-mgmt-{0} client version is {1}. The expected version is {2}. Try "
+                                 "`pip install ansible[azure]`".format(client_name, client_version, expected_version))
 
     def exec_module(self, **kwargs):
         self.fail("Error: {0} failed to implement exec_module method.".format(self.__class__.__name__))
@@ -945,6 +948,9 @@ class AzureRMModuleBase(object):
             profile_default_version = api_profile_dict.get('default_api_version', None)
             if api_version or profile_default_version:
                 client_kwargs['api_version'] = api_version or profile_default_version
+                if 'profile' in client_kwargs:
+                    # remove profile; only pass API version if specified
+                    client_kwargs.pop('profile')
 
         client = client_type(**client_kwargs)
 
diff --git a/packaging/requirements/requirements-azure.txt b/packaging/requirements/requirements-azure.txt
index a4b61f8486..65fddf0958 100644
--- a/packaging/requirements/requirements-azure.txt
+++ b/packaging/requirements/requirements-azure.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 packaging
 requests[security]
-azure-mgmt-compute>=2.0.0,<3
-azure-mgmt-network>=1.3.0,<2
-azure-mgmt-storage>=1.5.0,<2
-azure-mgmt-resource>=1.1.0,<2
-azure-storage>=0.35.1,<0.36
-azure-cli-core>=2.0.12,<3
-msrest!=0.4.15
-msrestazure>=0.4.11,<0.5
-azure-mgmt-dns>=1.0.1,<2
-azure-mgmt-keyvault>=0.40.0,<0.41
-azure-mgmt-batch>=4.1.0,<5
-azure-mgmt-sql>=0.7.1,<0.8
-azure-mgmt-web>=0.32.0,<0.33
-azure-mgmt-containerservice>=3.0.1
-azure-mgmt-containerregistry>=1.0.1
-azure-mgmt-rdbms>=0.2.0rc1,<0.3.0
+azure-cli-core==2.0.35
+azure-cli-nspkg==3.0.2
+azure-common==1.1.11
+azure-mgmt-batch==4.1.0
+azure-mgmt-compute==2.1.0
 azure-mgmt-containerinstance==0.4.0
+azure-mgmt-containerregistry==2.0.0
+azure-mgmt-containerservice==3.0.1
+azure-mgmt-dns==1.2.0
+azure-mgmt-keyvault==0.40.0
+azure-mgmt-network==1.7.1
+azure-mgmt-nspkg==2.0.0
+azure-mgmt-rdbms==0.2.0rc1
+azure-mgmt-resource==1.2.2
+azure-mgmt-sql==0.7.1
+azure-mgmt-storage==1.5.0
+azure-mgmt-web==0.32.0
+azure-nspkg==2.0.0
+azure-storage==0.35.1
+msrest==0.4.29
+msrestazure==0.4.31
diff --git a/test/runner/requirements/integration.cloud.azure.txt b/test/runner/requirements/integration.cloud.azure.txt
index a4b61f8486..65fddf0958 100644
--- a/test/runner/requirements/integration.cloud.azure.txt
+++ b/test/runner/requirements/integration.cloud.azure.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 packaging
 requests[security]
-azure-mgmt-compute>=2.0.0,<3
-azure-mgmt-network>=1.3.0,<2
-azure-mgmt-storage>=1.5.0,<2
-azure-mgmt-resource>=1.1.0,<2
-azure-storage>=0.35.1,<0.36
-azure-cli-core>=2.0.12,<3
-msrest!=0.4.15
-msrestazure>=0.4.11,<0.5
-azure-mgmt-dns>=1.0.1,<2
-azure-mgmt-keyvault>=0.40.0,<0.41
-azure-mgmt-batch>=4.1.0,<5
-azure-mgmt-sql>=0.7.1,<0.8
-azure-mgmt-web>=0.32.0,<0.33
-azure-mgmt-containerservice>=3.0.1
-azure-mgmt-containerregistry>=1.0.1
-azure-mgmt-rdbms>=0.2.0rc1,<0.3.0
+azure-cli-core==2.0.35
+azure-cli-nspkg==3.0.2
+azure-common==1.1.11
+azure-mgmt-batch==4.1.0
+azure-mgmt-compute==2.1.0
 azure-mgmt-containerinstance==0.4.0
+azure-mgmt-containerregistry==2.0.0
+azure-mgmt-containerservice==3.0.1
+azure-mgmt-dns==1.2.0
+azure-mgmt-keyvault==0.40.0
+azure-mgmt-network==1.7.1
+azure-mgmt-nspkg==2.0.0
+azure-mgmt-rdbms==0.2.0rc1
+azure-mgmt-resource==1.2.2
+azure-mgmt-sql==0.7.1
+azure-mgmt-storage==1.5.0
+azure-mgmt-web==0.32.0
+azure-nspkg==2.0.0
+azure-storage==0.35.1
+msrest==0.4.29
+msrestazure==0.4.31