diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index bdcd518b..ddfe4fc3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 pifpaf>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Bandit security code scanner
-bandit>=1.6.0,<1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
+bandit>=1.7.0,<1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 pre-commit>=2.6.0 # MIT
 pymemcache>=3.5.0 # Apache-2.0