diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3722741ee0..f9c5e75d16 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr>=1.6
 docker-py>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
-Jinja2>=2.6 # BSD License (3 clause)
+Jinja2>=2.8 # BSD License (3 clause)
 gitdb>=0.6.4 # BSD License (3 clause)
 GitPython>=1.0.1 # BSD License (3 clause)
 six>=1.9.0