diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e58fe352236..6e641833497 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ oslo.log>=3.22.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=5.19.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=3.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.privsep>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.privsep!=1.17.0,>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=5.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0