diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3befdf927..117370bc9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ python:
   - 2.7
 env:
     matrix:
-      - BOTO_VERSION=2.36.0
+      - BOTO_VERSION=2.43.0
 matrix:
     include:
       - python: "3.3"
-        env: BOTO_VERSION=2.36.0
+        env: BOTO_VERSION=2.43.0
 install:
   - travis_retry pip install boto==$BOTO_VERSION
   - travis_retry pip install boto3
diff --git a/moto/iam/models.py b/moto/iam/models.py
index 14fba2ae7..a524c81f8 100644
--- a/moto/iam/models.py
+++ b/moto/iam/models.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class IAMBackend(BaseBackend):
         if path_prefix:
             policies = [p for p in policies if p.path.startswith(path_prefix)]
 
-        policies = sorted(policies)
+        policies = sorted(policies, key=lambda policy: policy.name)
         start_idx = int(marker) if marker else 0
 
         policies = policies[start_idx:start_idx + max_items]
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class IAMBackend(BaseBackend):
         if path_prefix:
             policies = [p for p in policies if p.path.startswith(path_prefix)]
 
-        policies = sorted(policies)
+        policies = sorted(policies, key=lambda policy: policy.name)
         start_idx = int(marker) if marker else 0
 
         policies = policies[start_idx:start_idx + max_items]
diff --git a/moto/sqs/responses.py b/moto/sqs/responses.py
index 8744b4008..15c067613 100644
--- a/moto/sqs/responses.py
+++ b/moto/sqs/responses.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class SQSResponse(BaseResponse):
             message = self.sqs_backend.send_message(queue_name, message_body[0], delay_seconds=delay_seconds)
             message.user_id = message_user_id
 
-            message_attributes = parse_message_attributes(self.querystring, base='SendMessageBatchRequestEntry.{0}.'.format(index), value_namespace='')
+            message_attributes = parse_message_attributes(self.querystring, base='SendMessageBatchRequestEntry.{0}.'.format(index))
             if type(message_attributes) == tuple:
                 return message_attributes[0], message_attributes[1]
             message.message_attributes = message_attributes
diff --git a/tests/test_s3/test_s3_lifecycle.py b/tests/test_s3/test_s3_lifecycle.py
index 55b27543f..60613de44 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3/test_s3_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3/test_s3_lifecycle.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_lifecycle_create():
     lifecycle.id.should.equal('myid')
     lifecycle.prefix.should.equal('')
     lifecycle.status.should.equal('Enabled')
-    lifecycle.transition.should.equal(None)
+    list(lifecycle.transition).should.equal([])
 
 
 @mock_s3