diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 50bff9e4af..ea806e56a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pycrypto>=2.6 # Public Domain
 oslo.config!=3.18.0,>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=2.9.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
 futurist!=0.15.0,>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 taskflow>=1.26.0 # Apache-2.0