diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 171f8e63592..48ef7ddacdb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovs>=2.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovsdbapp>=0.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD
-pyroute2>=0.4.15 # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
+pyroute2>=0.4.17 # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
 weakrefmethod>=1.0.2;python_version=='2.7' # PSF
 
 python-novaclient>=9.0.0 # Apache-2.0