diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dbc55ffa3..f9b57f9e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jsonschema!=2.5.0,<3.0.0,>=2.0.0 # MIT
 automaton>=0.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # For common utilities
-oslo.utils>=3.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0