diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 36e332dc..5b0949eb 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ oslo.config==5.2.0
 oslo.context==2.22.0
 oslo.i18n==3.15.3
 oslo.serialization==2.18.0
-oslo.utils==3.33.0
+oslo.utils==3.40.0
 oslotest==3.2.0
 pbr==2.0.0
 pep8==1.5.7
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 204db1f8..4a0c5ed9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML>=3.12 # MIT
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.40.0 # Apache-2.0