diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index dc1501176..582a30f29 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Pygments==2.2.0
 pyinotify==0.9.6
 pyparsing==2.2.0
 pyperclip==1.6.0
-pyroute2==0.4.21
+pyroute2==0.5.1
 python-dateutil==2.7.0
 python-editor==1.0.3
 python-keystoneclient==3.15.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 910614dcd..f7df836b0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service!=1.28.1,>=1.24.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-vif!=1.8.0,>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
-pyroute2>=0.4.21;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
+pyroute2>=0.5.1;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0