diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 097612eadf..562f9411b1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ netaddr>=0.7.12
 oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.0.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
 pyScss>=1.2.1,<1.3  # MIT License
 python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.6
 python-cinderclient>=1.1.0