diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 01dce698a..f42f16037 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kombu>=2.5.0
 netaddr>=0.7.12
 oslo.concurrency>=0.3.0,!=0.4.0         # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.6.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslo.i18n>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=1.4.0,!=1.5.0
 Paste
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0