diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ec040efca7..0b88db8fd4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=1.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=1.13.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 paramiko>=2.0 # LGPLv2.1+