diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 08d02740..7e3eeeb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ pbr>=1.6
 requests>=2.8.1
 six>=1.9.0
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils!=3.1.0,>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-client-config!=1.6.2,>=1.4.0
 keystoneauth1>=2.1.0