diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 05338baff37..c9add1a5b81 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ oslo.versionedobjects==1.31.2
 oslo.vmware==2.35.0
 oslotest==3.2.0
 osprofiler==1.4.0
-paramiko==2.0.0
+paramiko==2.4.0
 Paste==2.0.2
 PasteDeploy==1.5.0
 pbr==2.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 75a04523993..bfdc6db7acc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ oslo.upgradecheck>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.34.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=1.31.2 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
-paramiko>=2.0.0 # LGPLv2.1+
+paramiko>=2.4.0 # LGPLv2.1+
 Paste>=2.0.2 # MIT
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0 # MIT
 psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD