diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index af419ab79..4d950f9fc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 Babel>=1.3
-eventlet>=0.16.1,!=0.17.0
+eventlet>=0.17.3
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 httplib2>=0.7.5
 iso8601>=0.1.9