diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index 20fc1c93d..3b87ac22b 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ oslo.log>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=1.8.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=1.2.0,!=2.0.0                  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.6.0                       # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=0.3.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.3.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c036cfeb6..e20c13c3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ oslo.messaging>=1.8.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=1.2.0,!=2.0.0                  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=0.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.6.0                       # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=0.3.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.3.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0