diff --git a/ironic_inspector/common/ironic.py b/ironic_inspector/common/ironic.py
index 7d8f4f922..f906129ff 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/common/ironic.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/common/ironic.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import netaddr
 import openstack
 from openstack import exceptions as os_exc
 from oslo_config import cfg
-import retrying
+import tenacity
 
 from ironic_inspector.common.i18n import _
 from ironic_inspector.common import keystone
@@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ def get_node(node_id, ironic=None, **kwargs):
     return node
 
 
-@retrying.retry(
-    retry_on_exception=lambda exc: isinstance(exc, os_exc.SDKException),
-    stop_max_attempt_number=5, wait_fixed=1000)
+@tenacity.retry(
+    retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(os_exc.SDKException),
+    stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(5),
+    wait=tenacity.wait_fixed(1),
+    reraise=True)
 def call_with_retries(func, *args, **kwargs):
     """Call an ironic client function retrying all errors.
 
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 4f1c22864..fb3b66cde 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ repoze.lru==0.7
 requests==2.23.0
 requestsexceptions==1.4.0
 restructuredtext-lint==1.3.0
-retrying==1.2.3
 rfc3986==1.4.0
 Routes==2.4.1
 six==1.14.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a31f8d918..4945382d3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ oslo.rootwrap>=5.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service!=1.28.1,>=1.24.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
-retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
+tenacity>=6.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 SQLAlchemy!=1.1.5,!=1.1.6,!=1.1.7,!=1.1.8,>=1.0.10 # MIT
 tooz>=1.64.0 # Apache-2.0