diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f05a7b2b6e..d76e9546f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.1 # BSD
 pycrypto>=2.6 # Public Domain
 python-memcached>=1.56 # PSF
 PyYAML>=3.10 # MIT
-virtualenv>=13.1.0 # MIT
+virtualenv>=14.0.6 # MIT
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index de3d4ede7f..a742f81927 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
 bashate>=0.5.1 # Apache-2.0
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
-virtualenv>=13.1.0 # MIT
+virtualenv>=14.0.6 # MIT
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD