diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99a99cfe40..9f25a6fa07 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=1.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.messaging!=1.12.0,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.messaging>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware!=2.0.0,>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=0.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0