diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/huawei_nas.py b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/huawei_nas.py
index 9218fac7f8..85e232a205 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/huawei_nas.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/huawei_nas.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 """Huawei Nas Driver for Huawei storage arrays."""
-from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
-
+from defusedxml import ElementTree as ET
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_utils import importutils
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/helper.py b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/helper.py
index 32a740415f..41a0e477aa 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/helper.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/helper.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import base64
 import copy
 import requests
 import time
-from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
+from defusedxml import ElementTree as ET
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py
index 7b8bcc9112..c53f27c18a 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ from unittest import mock
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
 import ddt
+from defusedxml import ElementTree as ET
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
-from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 from manila.common import constants as common_constants
 from manila import context
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8c7844a508..80a54ba0cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 pbr>=5.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 alembic>=1.4.2 # MIT
+defusedxml>=0.7.1 # PSFL
 eventlet>=0.26.1 # MIT
 greenlet>=0.4.16 # MIT
 lxml>=4.5.2 # BSD