diff --git a/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py b/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
index e548b9ab43..5ed46410c2 100755
--- a/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
+++ b/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import os
 import random
 import string
 import sys
-import uuid
-import yaml
 
 from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
+from oslo_utils import uuidutils
+import yaml
 
 # NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
 #                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def main():
             if k in blank_keys and v is None:
                 continue
             if k in uuid_keys:
-                passwords[k] = str(uuid.uuid4())
+                passwords[k] = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
             else:
                 passwords[k] = ''.join([
                     random.SystemRandom().choice(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd0a71f3a2..e22674da35 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ gitdb>=0.6.4 # BSD License (3 clause)
 GitPython>=1.0.1 # BSD License (3 clause)
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 oslo.config!=3.18.0,>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 setuptools!=24.0.0,>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
 pycrypto>=2.6 # Public Domain
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD