diff --git a/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst b/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst
index 2d77a53a23..46172b905e 100644
--- a/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst
+++ b/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Prerequisites
   which contains set of modules for managing HPE ProLiant hardware.
 
   Install ``proliantutils`` module on the ironic conductor node. Minimum
-  version required is 2.1.7.::
+  version required is 2.1.10.::
 
-   $ pip install "proliantutils>=2.1.7"
+   $ pip install "proliantutils>=2.1.10"
 
 * ``ipmitool`` command must be present on the service node(s) where
   ``ironic-conductor`` is running. On most distros, this is provided as part
diff --git a/driver-requirements.txt b/driver-requirements.txt
index 595e830eaf..2d0af3fbf3 100644
--- a/driver-requirements.txt
+++ b/driver-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # python projects they should package as optional dependencies for Ironic.
 
 # These are available on pypi
-proliantutils>=2.1.7
+proliantutils>=2.1.10
 pyghmi>=0.8.0
 pysnmp
 python-ironic-inspector-client
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/update-proliant-required-version-71665e87bfad0a4d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/update-proliant-required-version-71665e87bfad0a4d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d30f821473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/update-proliant-required-version-71665e87bfad0a4d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Updated proliantutils required version number for iLO drivers
+    to 2.1.10 which fixes the defects of iLO based firmware upgrade
+    and iLO based RAID configuration.