diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b4545f9..200a2c0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pbr<2.0,>=1.6
 
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-netaddr>=0.7.12
+netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.12
 
 # for timeutils
 iso8601>=0.1.9