diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index cf60cc2db7e..6586d5a9dc9 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ oslo.versionedobjects==1.35.1
 oslotest==3.2.0
 osprofiler==2.3.0
 ovs==2.10.0
-ovsdbapp==1.15.0
+ovsdbapp==1.16.0
 packaging==20.4
 Paste==2.0.2
 PasteDeploy==1.5.0
diff --git a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/ovsdb.py b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/ovsdb.py
index 18d9812f921..7817bdaf85c 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/ovsdb.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/ovsdb.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class MetadataAgentOvnSbIdl(ovsdb_monitor.OvnIdl):
         if chassis:
             for table in set(tables).intersection({'Chassis',
                                                    'Chassis_Private'}):
-                self.tables[table].condition = [['name', '==', chassis]]
+                self.set_table_condition(table, [['name', '==', chassis]])
         if events:
             self.notify_handler.watch_events(events)
 
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovsdb_monitor.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovsdb_monitor.py
index 02ba4e3810c..f9939d91d34 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovsdb_monitor.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovsdb_monitor.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from neutron_lib.utils import helpers
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
+from ovs.db import idl as ovs_idl_mod
 from ovs.stream import Stream
 from ovsdbapp.backend.ovs_idl import connection
 from ovsdbapp.backend.ovs_idl import event as row_event
@@ -693,6 +694,15 @@ class Ml2OvnIdlBase(connection.OvsdbIdl):
         super(Ml2OvnIdlBase, self).__init__(
             remote, schema, probe_interval=probe_interval, **kwargs)
 
+    def set_table_condition(self, table_name, condition):
+        # Prior to ovs commit 46d44cf3be0, self.cond_change() doesn't work here
+        # but after that commit, setting table.condtion doesn't work.
+        if hasattr(ovs_idl_mod, 'ConditionState'):
+            self.cond_change(table_name, condition)
+        else:
+            # Can be removed after the minimum ovs version >= 2.17.0
+            self.tables[table_name].condition = condition
+
 
 class BaseOvnIdl(Ml2OvnIdlBase):
     def __init__(self, remote, schema, **kwargs):
@@ -909,11 +919,8 @@ class OvnInitPGNbIdl(OvnIdl):
 
     def __init__(self, driver, remote, schema):
         super(OvnInitPGNbIdl, self).__init__(driver, remote, schema)
-        # self.cond_change() doesn't work here because we are setting the
-        # condition *before an initial monitor request is made* so there is
-        # no previous session whose condition we wish to change
-        self.tables['Port_Group'].condition = [
-            ['name', '==', ovn_const.OVN_DROP_PORT_GROUP_NAME]]
+        self.set_table_condition(
+            'Port_Group', [['name', '==', ovn_const.OVN_DROP_PORT_GROUP_NAME]])
         self.neutron_pg_drop_event = NeutronPgDropPortGroupCreated(
                 timeout=ovn_conf.get_ovn_ovsdb_timeout())
         self.notify_handler.watch_event(self.neutron_pg_drop_event)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 51c6ad2e02b..cdb6c3c548d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ osprofiler>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-ken>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-resource-classes>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovs>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-ovsdbapp>=1.15.0 # Apache-2.0
+ovsdbapp>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 packaging>=20.4  # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=5.3.0 # BSD
 pyroute2>=0.6.6;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)