diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 85285dc..21fcfc9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ oslo.config>=3.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.privsep>=1.9.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslo.privsep>=1.9.0,!=1.17.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 pbr>=1.8 # Apache-2.0